419 scam: Marion Wilson <zahraddeen828@gmail.com> US$2,600,000.00

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- marionwilson041@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Marion Wilson <zahraddeen828@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marionwilson041@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 04:37:03 -0800
Subject: US$2,600,000.00

United Nations London,
Office Address:London,United Kingdom.
Our Ref:UN/UK//CLW/I4021BCH,
Category:5th.

Attn:Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your notice that the United Nations and the World
Bank in collaboration with Asian Development Bank,have official
approved the sum of Two Million Six Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only after the meeting head on the 30th of August 2021 at
United Nations London Office(United Kingdom) and based on the
agreement with the World Bank Group Assistance Project to help and
make the world a better place.

However,this email only comes to those who are yet to receive their
inheritance/winnings/compensation and who have been scammed in any
part of the world, this includes every foreign contractors that may
have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an
unfinished transaction or compensation payments claim that failed due
to global economic meltdown and some countries government financial
problems etc. Recently the United Nations and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation(FBI) has arrested internet fraudsters and scammers with
large amounts of money so if you are receiving this email it means you
were selected to be compensated as a scam victim among the 11 selected
victims and from the money recovered from this internet fraudsters
account. The United Nations and the World Bank Group have agreed to
compensate you with the sum of US$2,600,000.00(Two Million Six Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) each in order to restore the global
economy to the enviable standard of respectability.

Nevertheless,the 11 people where selected across the globe for this
new year international compensations payments your email was in the
list submitted by our monitoring team observers and this is why we are
contacting you,this have been agreed upon and have been signed and it
is the duty of my office to be transparent to handle all the
processing of the said fund transfer and i urge you to reconfirm the
following details immediately to my desk for the release of your fund.

1)Name:
2)Address:
3)Tel:
4)Age:
5)Sex:
6)Occupation Status:

Note:that your claim sum of US$2,600,000.00 will be released to you
within 96 Hours without any problem as soon as we confirm the above
requested information from you. Once again we apologize for the delay
and please stop further communication with any office from now
henceforth and pay attention to the release of your payment. I look
forward to hearing from you with required details to enhance the
transfer of your US$2,600,000.00 to you.

Reply to: marionwilson041@gmail.com

Yours Sincerely,
Marion Wilson.
United Nations Fund Allocation Officer.

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