419 scam: SUN TRUST SECURITY <tiffanymorgan21117@gmail.com> LETTER OF INTENT..

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "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)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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 us 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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: SUN TRUST SECURITY <tiffanymorgan21117@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jessicacrocker.md@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 14:07:21 -0700
Subject: LETTER OF INTENT..

Dear Sir/Madam,

How are you today and i hope you are fine,My reason to contact you,My
names is Miss. Jessica Crocker and i am from Scotland, but I lived and
work in London and I work with Sun Trust deposit and Diplomatic
company UK,where important personnel keep their valuables for a saver
keeping,which am the director of operation.

I met you as i was searching with the last name and country of our
late client who deposited huge amount of money in a Trunk box with our
security company as a family treasure, the late man died in an Auto
crash with his wife and kid in the year 2012 and from the time of the
incident till now,no member of his relatives have shown up for the
claim and the late man was from your country.

This man Mr.Peterson have the same nationality with you according to
his file in our office but lived here in UK with his wife and children
before the incident,he was an oil merchant and he deposited a box with
our security company as family treasure containing the sum of $5
Million us dollars although the late man have the same last name with
you.

i will like to seek your consent to present you as the late man next
of kin and rightful beneficiary to the deposited box to our security
company so that the trunk box can be release from our company and
deliver to you where you will meet with our company diplomat to claim
the box and i hope you are not going to betray me after the claim

i want to also let you know that from the time of the incident till
now, no member of his relatives have shown up to claim this deposited
box ,this is to tell you that no one knows about the deposited
box,This is my reason why I want to present you as his next of kin, so
that the box can be released and delivered to you as his next of kin
and rightful beneficiary,am going to prepare documents which will
authenticate you as his next of kin and also attach your informationâ€™s
to his file in my office.

As soon as you receive the consignment, I will resign and come to meet
you for the sharing of the total sum as we may agreed,Please this
discussion should be kept very secret till you claim this consignment
which the money contain

I wait your reply through my email address to give you more information.

Miss. Jessica Crocker.

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