419 scam: "Pastor Emeka Williams Jr"<3022@nbchina.win> URGENT ATTENTION BLESSED ,GOD BLESS 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:

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:
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "million united state 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)
- "million 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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Pastor Emeka Williams Jr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rev.donald@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 07:39:40 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION BLESSED ,GOD BLESS YOU

Good Day Blessed

My name is Pastor Emeka D Williams Jr of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as winner chapel , i am also the formal investment portfolio manager with Union Bank Plc.

I am contacting you beloved abroad to assist me move a huge sum of money total- led US$5.5 Million United State Dollars(Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ) belonging to a trusted missionary , who was oil merchant, a philanthropist , an interlocutor and a humanitarian under my watch until he was infected with COVID 19 and died 5 days later
in the Month of June 2020.

The reason I am contacting you is because you bear the same surname as the deceased , But even if you are not related to him . You can legally be presented as the next of Kin of project fund in the bank ,since you both have the same surname and with proper
documentation from the lawyer .

Blessed ,This fund belongs to a foreigner and can only be claimed by a foreigner as according to our banking ethics.

Kindly assist me to move this huge sum to your country and You shall receive 40% of the whole $5.5 Million Dollars , All i need is your consent and honest co-operation to go ahead with the legal procedures as I am financially capable to pull this project through and legally .

I assure you that this transaction is legal / risk free and all documentation will be obtained and due process followed without any breach of law .I assure you .

As a pastor I will never involve myself in any transaction that will bring me a bad reputation nor problem now and in the future .

They decided to partake in this transaction , so that I can use my share to help the poor in my community, Build a church and hospital , invest and also give my family a better life especially now that we are in this pandemic instead of to leave the money in the bank and people are suffering .

I intend to use my experience as a retired banker to present you as the legal next of kin of the deceased hence you are a foreigner to our country , if we can come to an agreement and have one motive .

Kindly get back to me so that I can furnish you with full details of the project and thus update you further .

i await your reply

God bless you
Yours Faithfully,
Pastor Emeka .D Williams Jr

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