419 scam: "Mrs. Elizabeth Warren." <acm@qui.ufmg.br> After A Serious Thought

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- mredwardclerk48@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Elizabeth Warren." <acm@qui.ufmg.br>
Reply-To: mredwardclerk48@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 23:41:21 +0100
Subject: After A Serious Thought

--
Dear Friend,

How are you today? Itâ€™s been a while you will agree with me. How is the
family and work in general? Mine has been good. I give God the glory. I
have been able to conclude the transaction with the help of a brother. I
wish to thank you for your effort during the course of our interaction.
Even though you didnâ€™t have the patience to see it mature I still
appreciate your input. To this end I have decided to show some
gratitude.

I have deposited a sum of $1,300,000 (One Million Three Hundred Thousand
United State of America Dollars) with Global Citizen Bank on your
behalf. I would like you to contact my secretary in person Mr. Edward
Clerk and comply with him so that he will be in touch with the
management of Global Citizen Trust Bank with an instruction for release
and transfer of the deposited sum of money to you.

At the moment, I'm very busy here in Turkey and trying my hands on some
investments. Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith
as this is from the bottom of my heart.

CONTACT: Mr. Edward Clerk
Email: mredwardclerk48@gmail.com

Donâ€™t forget to send him your FULL NAME,AGE,OCCUPATION,MARITAL STATUS
TELEPHONE NUMBER and CONTACT ADDRESS for his reference and make
arrangement with him on how you want the Bank to release the $1,300,000
to you.

Regards,
Mrs. Elizabeth Warren.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam