419 scam: Susan William <pelaiapiera1@yahoo.com> Attention: Fund Beneficiary:

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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Susan William <pelaiapiera1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: susanwilliam468@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 20:48:58 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Attention: Fund Beneficiary:

Hello Dear ,

It took a lot of time to finally find you.

I am Susan William from London; I work with Royal Bank of Scotland,
This letter is highly privileged and it requires your immediate
attention.

You are receiving this letter because your family name connected to a
deceased client Eng. Micheal , who was a national of your country.

Eng. Micheal , was involved in a Plane crash with the wife and
Three children in 2003. Eng. Micheal , had a fixed-term Deposit
with our bank which worth 4.7 million Euros. Since the event of the
Crash, none of his extended family has been located for the claim of
this money.

There is urgent need to present a beneficiary to the bank for the
claim of the inheritance. The bank notified recent to their decision
to declare the inheritance to the government as their only option
since there is no available kin of the deceased to inherit the money.

Given to your nationality with Eng. Micheal ,I want to present you
to the bank as the beneficiary for the inheritance.
Forward me your full contact details to enable me call you on phone
for more details, I will offer you 40% of the total funds once the
money is transferred into your account OK.

I look forward to your immediate response.

Kind Regards,
Susan William.

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