419 scam: John Patrick Tierney <infon@freebit.com> (no subject)

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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:
- "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: John Patrick Tierney <infon@freebit.com>
Reply-To: <jpatricktierney09@firemail.de>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:49:07 -0800
Subject:

Attention:

I'm Attorney John Patrick Tierney, a credible attorney assigned by National Centre For Victims Of Crime (NCVOC) to guide you for your compensation fund by the United States Financial Intelligence Unit on Cyber Crime and Internet Fraud. So I'm your legal representative at this point.

I'm sure that you are not aware of the $1,000.000.00-One Million United States Dollars that has been Approved by the United States Government to compensate you and One Thousand other Cyber Crime Victims for all that have been lost to Internet Scammers. We recovered $1 Billion Dollars from Internet Fraud Stars this year and we will share the money to One Thousand Lucky Internet scam victims which you are one of them.

My reason for contacting you today is to inform you that I have a better option in which you will receive the Compensation funds, If you are interested in receiving your compensation funds of One Million United States Dollars, You should get back to me so that I will give you the best option to receive your fund without spending much money.

I await your swift response.

Best Regards

Attorney John Patrick Tierney

Principal Attorney The Tierney Law Group,LLC

Address: 1259 US Highway 46, Bldg , # 133,

Parsippany New Jersey 07054 USA

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