419 scam: Annie Ubah <annieuba13@gmail.com> I DID NOT FORGET 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.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- donaldmooreng2@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Annie Ubah <annieuba13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: denplatt777@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:04:08 -0800
Subject: I DID NOT FORGET YOU.

I DID NOT FORGET YOU.

Dear Good Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the inheritance
fund valued for US$9.8M.The fund have been transferred under the
co-operation of a new partner from Japan. Presently I'm in Japan for
investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile,I
didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring these fund despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary,his name is Mr. Donald Moore E-mail him on:
donaldmooreng2@gmail.com ask him to send you the total amount of
US$9.800,000 which I kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.I appreciated your
efforts at that time very much I thank you.

So feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mr. Donald Moore and
instruct him where to send the amount to you.I dropped an ATM value
card worth of US$9.800,000 on your name so contact him to enable him
send it to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the sufferers we went through,I am very busy here
because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand.So you have to contact my secretary as soon as possible
and ask him to send you the ATM value card worth US$9.800,000 without
any delay as I have instructed him to do when you ask for it.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Ms. Annie Uba.

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