419 scam: Jerome Powell <djsenge@gmail.com> ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

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:

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:
- "million 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Jerome Powell <djsenge@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jeromepowell1@financier.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:14:37 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

--
My Name is Jerome Powell and I work with the US Department of the
Treasury, as the Commissioner, Debt Management Services Bureau of the
Fiscal Service.

From our records you have an unclaimed sum of money from World Bank
Group that was never remitted to you, maybe due to some circumstance
you could not complete your transactions home or abroad, So I took it
upon myself to get in touch with you, before it will be confiscated as
you are still opportune to claim it, not from the bank anymore but
directly from my office.

Currently, Federal agencies and other organizations collectively hold
more than $200 billion in unclaimed cash and benefits, which come from
a variety of sources, including abandoned bank accounts and stock
holdings, unclaimed life insurance payouts and forgotten pension
benefits seizures of third-party benefit, legal financial
transactions, like lotto winnings, Inheritance claims that was abandon
by individuals over skepticism etc.

It was however ascertained that you were supposed to receive a sum of
$9.5 million United States dollars, which is still unclaimed until
date.Please reply with the information below for further confirmation.

Meanwhile, Mrs Jan Gabson Terisa, has claimed to be your attorney
representing you and wants to pay all the costs to claim your
funds,please also notify me if she's from you or not.

Name
Residential address
Mobile Numbers
Occupation
Scanned copy of your ID card
Name of your Next of Kin

Regards,
Jerome Powell
Commissioner
Debt Management Services
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
US Department of the Treasury.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam