419 scam: JOHN WILLIAMS <barralbertgreen@yahoo.com> URGENT NOTIFICATION

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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:
- "bank charges " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",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)
- "foreign exchange" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: JOHN WILLIAMS <barralbertgreen@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: JOHN WILLIAMS <john_clearinghouse@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 20:54:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION

Attn: Sir,

we wish to inform you that we the African clearing house here in Texas USA have been instructed by the World Economic Forum through the director, Debt Managements Department Mr. Ken Adams to release a part payment sum of $1,000,000 out of your total amount from the African escrow account with the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas which you are urgently advise to kindly identify how you want this money to be send to you and we shall immediately proceed with that.

However, you are also advice to forward to this office your fund international registration permit that was issued to you from the country of your fund origin, so that we will present it to the International Monitory Fund (IMF) to give us your fund foreign exchange allocation code to enable us have access to send you this approved amount without no charge or delay, but if you donâ€™t have the needed document you can get back to us to assist you obtain the document from the African foreign exchange control unit in Washington DC.

Meanwhile it will cost you $650 to obtain the needed fund document, so all you need to do now to enable the IMF receive the document and release the code to us immediately is to make sure that you forward the document immediately you receive this letter or you send the $650 for the obtaining of the document via Wal-Mart to this office immediately you receive this letter.

Note that as soon as we receive the document and present it to the IMF, they will release the fund code to us and we shall send a copy of the document to you via email attachment, after that your fund will be send to you without you paying for any bank charges or have any delay in receiving your fund as directed.

Wait for your urgent response to this effect.

Yours in service
Mr. John Williams
HEAD OF OPERATION (A.C.H)

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