419 scam: "Vacca Sergio" <nha@interonda.com.ar> FAST RESPONDS!!!

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:
- "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)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "united state dollar" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447937464327
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.
- hannahcristabel.dr@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Vacca Sergio" <nha@interonda.com.ar>
Reply-To: hannahcristabel.dr@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 01:23:45 -0300
Subject: FAST RESPONDS!!!

Good day;

First i will like to introduce myself to you. My Name is Dr.Hannah
Cristabel, I am a medical consultant with Alpha Hospitals. You can check
our website at: http://www.alphahospitals.co.uk

We have a patient here by name Mrs Zurina Sani Yunus from Iraq who is
suffering from Pickwick Syndrome. She is 53years old.

She was the accountant General for Iraq.This sickness has no known cure
especially when it has affected the heart. Presently, this woman is dying
from this sickness, and has requested that her family wealth be used for
charity work globally.

Mrs Zurina Sani Yunus personally confided in me two days ago that her late
husband deposited the sum of Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars(US$17,500,000.00) Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars
in a Property Security Establishment in Malaysia which is in South East of
Asia.She confided in me that he deposited this
money without the knowledge of their family. And it was deposited as a
consignment of trunk box containing personal effects such as jewelries worth
millions of dollars.

Presently, she has pleaded with me to source for a trust worthy individual
who can handle this charity programme on her
behalf since she no longer have hope of living anymore. She said since non
of her immediate family members are alive to
inherit this fund, she has decided to use it for charity work. And she also
made me to promise her that i will never contact
any relative of mine to handle this issue either.

So i am soliciting for your concern here. Mrs Zurina Sani Yunus has promised
to give 50% to whomever i contact for this
project. Then the other funds she said should be use for building a charity
home and named after her which she gave as ZURINA CHARITY HOME FOR THE
NEEDY.But i want you to know that the percentage of 50% given to you will
be shared by the both of us.that is you will give me 10% as the person who
brought this project to you.

If you are keen in helping this generous woman achieve her vision of
contributing to the needs of the less privilege before
she departs this world, please do provide me with your contact details so
that i can relate to her on this development for
further action.

Waiting for your positive reply.

Regards,
Dr.Hannah Cristabel
ALPHA HOSPITAL,UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.alphahospitals.co.uk
Tel:+447937464327
Email:hannahcristabel.dr@gmail.com

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam