419 scam: WILLIAM SMITH <ws666696@gmail.com> CONFIDENCIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

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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: WILLIAM SMITH <ws666696@gmail.com>
Reply-To: willsmi68@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 01:36:44 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENCIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Hello Dear

Please don t be offended as i send this message to you i know it will
be strange to you but believe me, i got your contact through google
search when i was searching for whom i will TRUSTED this transaction,
as i saw your profille my mind tells me to explain it to you,please go
through this message below if you can be able to asiste me with
honest and truth and trust, i assure you there will be no any risk or
problem, please don t see this as scams or fakes online i know that
many fakes and scammers are making people afraid to believe things
online but i assure you i am not here to cheat or scams

All i need is your honesty, I am MR DAVID AARON OKADIGBO brother to
late senator CHUBA OKADIGBO he was one of powerful politician under
APC party in nigeria, he was killed by government secretly, after his
death government are now traying to seizing all his property he keep
with UBA BANK AS FIX DEPOSIT, total amount (1.980 000 usd) one
millions nine hundread and eithy thousand us dollars, bank maneger
adviced me to send the money out of country

i want to send the money to you that is why i am contacting you to
help me receive the money because government is monitoring all my
movement and transaction, immidiately you receive the money i will
come to your country to take my money and i will give you compercation
of 30% of the total amount, i asure you there will be no problem or
risk all i need is your honesty, i need your urgent reponse if you are
interested and promise to be honest with me, reply me urgent so that i
will give you the details

i am waiting for your urgent reponse thanks
from
MR DAVID A OKADIGBO

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