419 scam: "Susan Kerry"<amejias@jproust.com> Waiting to hear from you.

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "with your full names" (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.
- soniatiu81@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Susan Kerry" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <soniatiu81@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 10:14:20 -0700
Subject: Waiting to hear from you.

Reference number: UNCC/9886-950CH

Dear Sir/Madam,

Are you the owner of this email address? if so, we would like to

congratulate and inform you that after thorough review of all
unclaimed funds, lottery funds, Inheritance and contract

funds,etc.,in conjunction with the auditor reports to UN accounts,

your payment file was forwarded to our office.

So we therefore advice you to stop further communication with any
correspondence outside this office .

If you follow our guidelines, your compensation fund of US
$2,950,000.00 will be credited into your bank account within the
next three (3) working days and copies of the fund transfer
documents will be sent to you and your bankers for confirmation.

Contact Name: Mrs.Sonia Tiu

E-mail: soniatiu81@yahoo.com.hk

All correspondences to Mrs.Sonia Tiu should have the reference
number: "UNCC/9886-950CH" sent along with your Full Names and
Telephone numbers for prompt attention

Mrs Susan Kerry.
Financial service officer

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam