419 scam: mercy.johnson57@yahoo.com From Mercy Johnson

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a orphan 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.
- mercyjohnson536@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mercy.johnson57@yahoo.com
Reply-To: mercyjohnson536@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 06:58:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Mercy Johnson

From Mercy Johnson
Kumasi Ghana ,

Greetings,
My Name is Mercy Johnson, I am 20 years old the daughter of late HRH King Johnson Abonime of Obuasi Land in Kumasi .
My father was the head of all the rich Gold communities in the Obuasi Kumasi that made him a very wealthy man.
My father married 7 wives and my mother Mrs. Grace Abonime is the last wife with 2 daughters I and my junior sister.
My father died as a result of stroke, Before the death of my father he called me closed to his bed side as his beloved daughter and told me in confidence that if he die his sons will not allow my mother, I and my sister to inherit any thing from the family because she did not born a male child as regards to African culture.
That he doesnâ€™t want me and my sister to surfer therefore he handed over a document to me that this is a certificate of 275 kilogram of gold bars he deposited in a security company in Accra the Capital City of Ghana.
That I should keep it secretly out of the male children my brotherâ€™s that if they saw it that it will course crises in the family.
That I should seek for a faithful and reliable foreign partner in a country of my choice that can help me to retrieve the Gold from the Security Company dispose it for cash and relocate me and my sister to continue our Education.
And use the rest wisely for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management for our future.
Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To go in person to the security company to secure the Gold.
(1) To provide a means of selling the gold.
(3) To make arrangement for me and my sister and mother to come to your country and secure a resident permit in your country and also to purchase us with 2 bedrooms apartment.
I am willing to offer you 25% of the total sales as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful selling of the gold overseas.
Anticipating hearing from you soon.
Write me through my private email address at:mercyjohnson536@gmail.com
Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,
Mercy Johnson

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