419 scam: "Eric Johnson"<info11@post.com> Are you alive?

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- ",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)
- "frn.frn.frn@qq.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Eric Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frn_frn_frn@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 02:48:35 -0700
Subject: Are you alive?

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Eric Johnson, I am contacting you today because I have the mandate of the Nigerian Government in conjunction with United Nations, United Kingdom and United States of America to authorize and pay out the sum of US$4,500,000.00 (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) to you as a Government approved payment to you. A lot of foreign contractors/next of kins and lottery winners are yet to receive their overdue funds, hence the reason why I was mandated to supervise and authorize the part payment process of the Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only to you as one of the owed persons. I have tried to contact you on this email address twice but I did not get any response from you but luckily for me, your local representative here in Nigeria contacted my office and told us that you were involved in an accident two months ago and recovering in the hospital. Your representative told us that you have decided to use the n ame of your partner to receive th

Bank Name: Habib Bank Limited

Address: Kehkashan Clifton Branch

Account No: 17837900461903

SWIFT Code: HABBPKKA

IBAN No: PK47HABB17837900461903

Account Name: Daniall Ayaz Khan Durrani

We are so sorry for the accident and we wish you a quick recovery but please we would like you to make the change formal by sending me a letter of authorization written and signed by you authorizing my office to authorize the final transfer of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only to the bank account of your partner above.

Once again, we wish you a quick recovery and Kindly read and respond to : frn.frn.frn@qq.com

Yours truly,

Mr. Eric Johnson

Payment Director, Fund Resolve Notification Office.

Office of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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