419 scam: Anna Johnson <annajohnson28@yahoo.com> Hopefully

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Anna Johnson <annajohnson28@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Anna Johnson <annajohnson879@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:57:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hopefully

Good Day Dearest

Please Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you, my name is Anna Johnson, the only daughter and the only child of late Mr.Johnson Micheal, I am 19 years old girl, My father was the Director of Gold and Cotton products exportation in Burkina Faso.

Before the death of my father on 18th February 2011 my father deposited the sum of ($7,000,000 Dollars), in words Seven Million U.S Dollars) in a bank here in Burkina Faso, he instructed me while on his sickbed to look for a foreign partner not from this country who will help me and transfer this money out to his or her country and invest it for me,he let me understand that it was because of his position in Government that his Government associates planned and poisoned him on a business trip to France with them.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help me and transfer the money into your account, I have gone to the bank to verify the method of the transfer with the bank director and he told me that they can not release the fund to me, unless I provide to the bank a trustee who will handle the fund for me and take care of me and my education.

I hope you will not betray the trust I have on you? Because this money is my only hope in life, I will compensate you with 30% of this money for your kind assistance to me then you shall invest my 70% of the money in a good business which shall be under your control till i finished my school.

I assured you that there is No Risk involved in this money is an inheritance from my late father,I also secured all the legal documents of the fund with me here, when I receive your reply, I will forward to you my passport copy and pictures, and my telephone number.

I am waiting on your reply.

Yours Sincerely.
Anna Johnson

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