419 scam: Anna <af@demancinis.net> Miss Anna Frederick

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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)
- "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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Anna <af@demancinis.net>
Reply-To: annfed@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 04:58:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Miss Anna Frederick

Miss Anna Frederick
Bengerville, District, Abidjan
Cote D'Ivoire.

Dear Hamdy,

My name is Miss Anna Frederick (21yrs) am living in Cote D' Ivoire

,West Africa an only child and an orphan, it is true that we do not

know each other in person but knowing someone starts in a day therefore

It pleases me to contact you for a Financial business partnership,

Although we have never met, but I decided to entrust you with this

business.

My late father was a successful businessman and a cocoa merchant, he

was out of envy poisoned to death by his close business associate,

before his death he deposited the sum of eighteen million USD ($

18,000,000.00) in a top security safe deposit company here in Abidjan

Cote d'Ivoire. The company does not know that the box deposited by my

late father is containing money.

Therefore I will want you to help me to retrieve this box and

subsequently transfer the money to your personal account while you will

help me to come over to your country and also help me in investing the

money.. The area we will be Investing this money will be decided by you

because you know your country very well at such you will know the

profitable areas that we can invest in your country.

Iam offering you 30% of the total money as your compensation as soon as

the transaction is concluded. I await your response as soon as possible

to enable me give you full details and please in your reply do include

these information for me:

1.Your Full names

2.Your resident or company address

3.Your Telephone Number

4.Your Occupation.

Once i receive the above information, I will put you in contact with

the security deposit company .

May the Lord bless you.
Miss Anna Federick

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