419 scam: "Annabel"<test@mwprem.net> DId you get my previous email?

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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:
- "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. )
- "ann3bell@yandex.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: "Annabel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ann3bell@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:09:24 -0400
Subject: DId you get my previous email?

Hello dear,
How are you? My name is Annabel and I am 61 years old, I write you with pains and from a treatment center as I don't have much time to live. I need to tell you something important because I prefer a total stranger to be a beneficiary of what my late husband who owned several mining sites deposited in a security company than his other wife who has tried to claim all due to my ill health, the truth is I have no financial power to follow up and claim it for 2 years now and I don't have much time left as I have been battling my health and exhausted what I had, I can only give you details and inform the company that you are going to be the receiver. I have no one to turn to, when I get a reply from you I would tell you the amount involved and how you would split it. I know this is strange but this is the only option I have now, need to fulfill my husbands dying wish as well, that is why I make sure the other wife doesn't get a dime from the deposit.
I am waiting to receive your reply urgently.
Ann
ann3bell@yandex.com

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