419 scam: "Mr Tedd Williams" <herrvicgilbert@gmail.com> RE :HOW ARE YOU ?

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Tedd Williams" <herrvicgilbert@gmail.com>
Reply-To: teddw096@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:24:04 +0800
Subject: RE :HOW ARE YOU ?

Good day

I crave your indulgence for an urgent business. which I certainly
know would benefit myself and you and also to our mutual advantage.

I am in possession of a privilege piece of information over a huge sum
of $12,5 millions, that was left behind by my deceased Boss in his
Bank account. My Boss Engineer Khalid Sylvia died intestate in a Plane
accident in a Bhoja Air flight crash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhoja_Air_Flight_213 two years ago.

I would like to make you as the heir apparent of the deceased fund,
because there is no existing record in the Bank of any Beneficiary
who can claim the fund as required by the Bank Authority.

If you have interest for this business, I ask you to respond to
enable me inform you of further details.

With friendly greetings,

Mr, Tedd Williams

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