419 scam: sanda grippo <sandragrippo2@gmail.com> hello

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount 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)
- ",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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- sandra.grippo@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: sanda grippo <sandragrippo2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 12:45:44 +0400
Subject: hello

hello, My name is Captain Sandra Grippo. I am serving as a combat commander
In American
marine front in Afghanistan. I come across a huge amount of money in a
special operation
in Kandahar, Afghanistan. ($2,500,000:00) two million five hundred thousand
dollars. I have
no single means of sending this money home because of the high security
alert level on any
funds transaction coming from any Arab especially from Afghanistan, Iran
and Pakistan. I am
pleading you to assist me receive this fund in your location. I can arrange
to send it by cargo,
diplomatic means or even bank, but the bank transfer will take more
stricter arrangements. I may
be listed in the next batch that will be shifted back to America and i will
have no chance of taking
this money with me. If you search your heart in the face of God and accept
me as your own blood sister,
that you will not betray me, write me
back and both of us will reach the agreement of how much percent you will
require for assisting me and
also how to send this fund. I am assuring you that This transaction is 100%
risk free. If i am not listed
in the next batch to go home, I will apply for a short leave which will
enable me to visit you and take
my own share of the money. I am waiting to hear from you, capt. S. Grippo (
sandra.grippo@yahoo.com)

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