419 scam: David Onsworth <"www."@abelia.ocn.ne.jp> I Have Finally Made Up My Mind To Contact 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:

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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22999522494 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- barristerrichard99@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: David Onsworth <"www."@abelia.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: David Onsworth <barristerrichard99@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 05:17:22 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I Have Finally Made Up My Mind To Contact You.

Dear beneficiary,
I want to apologize for contacting you through this medium but that is the only alternative for now.I am not by any means trying to interfere in your private business or anything related to that but i want you to follow the right direction.I am aware of the online lottery you won and some inheritance and compensation fund under your name currently.Many have fallen victim of recent global internet scams but not those that are careful.The reason i contact you is that i can no longer be silent and watch you continue laboring in vain.

I have been monitoring your online transactions and other monetary activities for the past 5 years.It has never turned well for your expectation and anytime you are about to have a good news for your effort,something must come up to ruin your happiness and bring further delay to your transaction.No matter how hard you tried to meet up with their various demands,you aren't successful because there is always more to be demanded at the end.You have tried many offices in different countries both in Africa or Europe in pursuit of your fund but still yet to be successful.

A wise man once said,there is a stage in life that moving ahead is no longer the solution;one need to sit back,think,search and gather momentum before putting a step forward.This is not cowardliness rather it is being cautious.You might be wondering why i am contacting you at this point of time or what makes me any different from your previous experience.You have only one single legitimate fund in your name and that is one million eight hundred thousand united states dollars($1.800,000 USD). This fund is awarded to you as a compensation by someone you have directly or indirectly helped in the past.

You have been terribly confused by numerous emails daily tagging you with millions of dollars from different locations.And any attempt you made to claim those funds proved abortive.As it may interest you to know,i am David Onsworth, the logistic manager of Amtrack courier service headquartered in U.K(www.amtrack.com I am the one assigned to deliver your ATM CARD of $1.800,000 USD then and this is why i am contacting you.Along the process of the delivery,there is a double claim as someone came up writing on your behalf to change the ownership to the new title as you authorized.I received many calls from my company to return the delivery with immediate effect till more investigation are carried out.And the latest development got everybody puzzled and wondering.

Instead of returning the parcel back to U.K as my company demanded, i rather returned the ATM CARD to African Union Finance commission(AUFC) headquarter BENIN REPUBLIC hence that is the origin of the fund.I will stop here till i hear from you before relating further information about your legitimate fund. Call Brr. Richard Morris on

+229 9952 2494 or email back to: barristerrichard99@gmail.com

You can sent text message(sms) as well.Do not fail to include your current address, telephone number and other contact information while replying back.
David Onsworth
Regards,
David Onsworth

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