419 scam: "Mrs. Jamie Pipkins" <no-reply@grimaldi.com> :SPAM: Hope 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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Jamie Pipkins" <no-reply@grimaldi.com>
Reply-To: officefin012@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 01:42:15 -0700
Subject: :SPAM: Hope To Hear From You

Hello Good Morning,

I am obliged to communicate to you after my critical consultations with the team of lawyers at JMW Solicitors LLP, Kings House,36-37 King
Street,London,EC2V 8BB,England, this communication became imperative due to all efforts made by this team of lawyers to locate his extended family
relatives in America/Europ/Asia proved abortive.

Precisely on the 10th of March, 2021 this law firm got news on the demise of our client Mr. Wayne Wilford who passed away after a protracted illness at The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1FR, United Kingdom.

Mr. Wayne Wilford was an oil expatriate with Cosmo Oil (U.K.) PLC, 7 Old
Park Ln, London W1K 1QR, United Kingdom.

Sequel to the above in the first paragraph, I strongly deemed it necessary to contact you to stand in as his next of kin for the claim of his assets at the bank. Further legal details shall be made available upon the receipt of your reply to this letter to my privet Email:

Thanks.

Mrs. Jamie Pipkins
JMW Solicitors LLP
Kings House,36-37 King Street,
London,EC2V 8BB,England

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