419 scam: Dennis william <musaabdul540@gmail.com> Attention: Please

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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:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",500,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: Dennis william <musaabdul540@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Denniswilliam97r@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 02:55:45 -0800
Subject: Attention: Please

This is Mr DENNIS WILLIAM CEO Of Bank Of Citibank

Address
635 East 8th Street
Holland, Michigan 49423 City United State Province/State Country/
Region United State

I want to inform you that your Payment File was brought to my desk
today to Cancel because the director & management of the BANK TO BANK
transfer have declared to divert your fund to the government treasury
account just because you can not pay the signed wire transfer fee. In
reasoning wisely to this complaint I told them to wait until I hear
from you today so that I will know the reason why you decided to
reject such an amount of money USD2,500,000 which is your rightful &
legal overdue inheritance payment just because of a signed wire
transfer fee.

The reason why i sent this email to you is because its your sweat and
for this reason you still have this last chance to claim your fund if
you can send this USD$50 today because i have already arranged your
wires ready for its daily wires to you but failing to do this, i will
allow them to have power over your fund and am very sorry if you
failed as this is the last chance

Therefore, send the USD $50 immediately you receive this email today
and email your full name and address to me if you want your
USD$2,500,000 be send to you by western union money transfer but the
maximum amount officially allow for it per day wire to you is USD
$5,500 per day until you receive your complete USD USD$2.5M from here

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