419 scam: "Mrs. Rebecca Wilson"<u.egamberdiev@energonazorat.uz> YOUR URGENT FEEDBACK IS REQUIRED

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- wilsonmrs.rebecca@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Rebecca Wilson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wilsonmrs.rebecca@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 13:11:25 +0100
Subject: YOUR URGENT FEEDBACK IS REQUIRED

My Dear Friend,

I am Mrs. Rebecca Wilson a seasoned banker with Clydesdale Bank here in London and I wish to request for your assistance

in a deal that involves £7.2M (Seven million, Two Hundred Thousand Great British pounds sterling) with our Bank. This deal

by virtue of its nature must be utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude

will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that this will be done under a legitimate arrangement

that will protect both of us from any breach of the law. I came to know you in my private search for a reliable and

reputable Business Person/individual that can handle this confidential deal with me, which required maximum confidence and

trust from both sides.

MY PROPOSITION;

I am an account officer to one of the dormant accounts with our bank that belong to one of our deceased customer Mr. Paul

Louis Halley a French citizen rich man that was into several business here in London before his death along with his wife

in an air crash. Before their untimely death our customer deposited the Sum of £7.2M (Seven million, Two Hundred Thousand

Great British pounds sterling) with our bank here in London.

This website will give you comprehensive picture of what I am talking about

(http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm). During the bank audit exercise, it was

discovered that a lot of accounts has been dormant as an unclaimed credit balance, hence our management decided during the

current re-capitalization in our banking sector, to phase out all accounts that has been dormant. I being the account

officer to late Mr. Paul Louis Halley, I have made several inquiries to his high commission to locate my client's extended

relatives, but all my efforts proved abortive, I then decided to trace his relatives or family member over the internet,

and hence I found you as my instinct convinces me that you will be a trustworthy and honest business partner and I decided

to contact you to assist me in repatriating my late client's deposit before it got confiscated or declared unserviceable

by our bank, Clydesdale Bank here in London.

I therefore wish to request for your assistance and permission to present you as the appointed next of kin to Mr. Paul

Louis Halley so that the £7.2M (Seven million, Two Hundred Thousand Great British pounds sterling) can be released and

paid into your account as the beneficiary. Be informed that this transaction is risk free otherwise I will not contact you

because it is against our bank policy. Please get in touch with me immediately if you are interested to assist me by

furnishing me with the following information;

1. Your full names
2. Your full address
3. Direct Telephone numbers

Looking forward to your prompt response in my private email: wilsonmrs.rebecca@yahoo.com

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Rebecca Wilson

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