419 scam: "Princess Anna Khalifa." <ericbenson19@gmail.com> PLEASE YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW.

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- princessannakhalifa3@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Princess Anna Khalifa." <ericbenson19@gmail.com>
Reply-To: princessannakhalifa3@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:27:38 +0200
Subject: PLEASE YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW.

Good Day MY Dear,

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the
wish/will of God for you to help me and my family, God almighty will
bless and reward you abundantly and you would never regret this.I was
a female student from University of Sudan before the ugly incident and
I want to go back to my studies because I only attended my second year
before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now
took place.I am 25 yrs old. I am like any person who can be caring,
loving and home oriented despite the fact that I am from a royal
family. I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to
know more about you. I would like to build up a solid foundation with
you in time coming if you can be able to help me in this
transaction.Well,I am Princess Anna Khalifa. My father died earlier
June with hisjunior brother and left I and my junior brother behind.
He was the Adviser to the Sudanese President, My father was a
distinguished figure in Sudan,when my father was alive he had
previously held the positions of governor of Khartoum, agriculture and
information minister.He was killed in the accident in northern Sudan
on the Wednesday, 27 June 2007. You can confirm it here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6244884.stm

I was a princess to him and I am the only person who can take care of
his wealth now because my junior brother is still young and my mother
is not literate enough to know all my father's wealth. He left the sum
of USD28,000,000 dollars (Twenty eight Million Dollars)in a finance
company.I kept this secret to people in the refugee camp here where I
am now,the only person that knows about it is my brother because this
money is one of the main purpose of our moving out from our country
immediately we finish the burial of our father and come to REPUBLIC OF
BENIN and seek asylum, and he is now like a father to me.

I don't know how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere in
abroad,Now,I urgently need your humble assistance to move this money
from the finance company to your bank account, That is why I felt
happy when I saw your contact because I strongly believe that by the
grace of God, you will help me invest this money wisely.I am ready to
pay 20% of the total amount to you if you help us in this transaction
and another 10% interest of Annual After Income to you, for handling
this transaction for us, which you will strongly have absolute control
over.Reply me via this email address:
princessannakhalifa3@gmail.com
Yours sincerely,
Princess Anna Khalifa.

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