419 scam: Moses Wiliams <moseswili@yahoo.com> Waiting for your quick reply.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Moses Wiliams <moseswili@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Moses Wiliams <moseswili1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 07:47:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Waiting for your quick reply.

Hello,
I want to solicit your cooperation to transfer the sum of $US19,000,000.00 (Nineteen million United States Dollars) that belongs to a deceased foreigner from the bank where I work here in Nigeria, West Africa. I am an auditor and the personal account officer to the deceased, and I believe that you and I can execute this deal without any hitches if only you will be trustworthy and follow my instructions/advice for a smooth success of this deal. During the course of our auditing in the bank, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in the year 2009. Since then nobody has operated on this account again. After further investigations, I discovered that the owner of the account died intestate(without a heir), hence the fund is floating without a beneficiary. The owner of this account is a foreigner, and he died since 2009, and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it. My investigation proved to me as well that the deceased until his death was the export manager of an Oil & Gas company here. The amount involved is ($US19 Million). I am contacting you to stand as the next of kin to the deceased so that the $US19 Million will be released to you because this money cannot be approved to a local person here, but can only be approved to a foreigner because the owner of the account is a foreigner too. At the conclusion of this deal, you will take 30% of the total amount, while 70% will be for me.Please keep this deal secret! I await your valued response.
Sincerely,
Mr Williams.

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