419 scam: "William Buchwald"<manager@iprp.spsh.gov.tw> Attention

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "William Buchwald" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <williambuchward@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 23:24:52 +0800
Subject: Attention

Attention

Sequel to the meeting held at Washington DC with American Senators and United Nations representatives with President Donald Trump on 20th of October, 2019. be informed that he has instructed that all outstanding Foreign debt accruing from INHERITANCE FUNDS, FUNDS TRAPPED IN LOCAL AND FOREIGN BANKS, SCAM VICTIMS and its associated cases should be compensated Immediately with the sum of $1,250,000.00 through this office without you paying any delivery fee or transfer fee.

We discovered that You were misled by some officials who took advantage of you, as a result, demanded one payment after another from you without releasing your funds to You. You are to get back to us with your current address and telephone numbers for further Clarifications as maybe required so that your transaction will be processed and concluded immediately.

You are warned to stop further communication with anybody in respect to your payment with effect from today to enable you receive your fund successfully without further delay. Your payment file is right here with us and we are set to complete your payment immediately as instructed by President Donald Trump and ministry of internal affairs.

Further advise shall be given to you as soon as we hear from you.

YOURS FAITHFULLY

William Buchwald

For: Compensation Committee.

Anti-fraud resources:

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