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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- 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.
- jsipponn@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Jerome Sippon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jsipponn@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2022 14:45:53 -0800
Subject: GET BACK WITH ME
I Presume this message will come to you as a surprise, my name is Jerome Sippon. I'm working with a finance firm here in europe , I discovered EU€25M in a private vault in our company belonging to Mr Jon olav Ulfeng,I sent a routine notification to his Registered address and telephone number and discovered he died of covid-19 attack last year.In our official Papers we found no NEXT OF KIN details or the BENEFICIARY. In light of the above I want your maximum co-operation to claim this fund as the next of kins for business investment between us in your company or country.
if you are interested, kindly reply me through my personal email jsipponn@gmail.com for more xxxrmation and the procedures to claim the fund, Send me your full names personal telephone numbers and your address.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this Electronic mail. i hope that you will find this xxxrmation useful and helpful.
Best Regards
Jerome Sippon
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