419 scam: Olivia William <oliviahu456@gmail.com> My dear friend,

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Olivia William <oliviahu456@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ow5254015@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:58:27 +0000
Subject: My dear friend,

Good day dear,

My name is Ms.Olivia William a 24years old female single Canadian
Citizen,I got your email address during my search for an honest person
and partner for business Investments and developments in your country.

Meanwhile, I wish to inquire of your services to be my foreign
partner/investor and support me to transfer and manage my funds by
investing in profit making ventures like buying of company shares,Real
Estate Investment Trust funds or Agriculture.

Am contacting you personally because I would like to invest in your
country and I would like you to partner with me so that you can manage
the investments until I have full experience to stand on my own. I'm a
24 years old girl and the only child of my late parents Mr.and Mrs
Allan William from Canada. My late father worked for many years with
an oil and gas drilling company here before he died in France.

I have no experience or perfection in running a business,I have a
reasonable sum that I inherited from my late parents which I would
like you to help me invest it in your country and I will offer you
compensation from the funds for your support, advice and guidelines
for the investment of these funds in your country.

Please, If you are interested, reply me as soon as you read my mail
for more details.

Attached is my personal picture/International passport with evidence
of the fund.

Many thanks.

Sincerely.
Olivia

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