419 scam: "Huang Yiu"<huang_yiu@yahoo.com.hk> Hallo,

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- yiuhuagu@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Huang Yiu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yiuhuagu@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 20:25:54 +0200
Subject: Hallo,

Hallo,

Kontakt Sie auf diese Weise im Hinblick auf die Notwendigkeit und Dringlichkeit dieser Transaktion. Sie Overseas Investment Manager der Bank of China (BOC) und waren die Finanzberater und die im Auftrag eines privaten Investors, der eine große Lagerstätte in meiner Bank hat.

Die Transaktion umfasst die Verlegung der Hauptstadt Fonds für eine Gesamtsumme von $ 16.5Million (sechzehn Millionen, fünf $ 100.000 US) zuzuordnen sind, in den meisten der Art, in der der Tod dieser Kunde verlässt den nächsten Angehörigen.

Sorgt dafür, dass die Transaktion 100% Risiko kostenlos und legal abgeschlossen haben alle U-Bahn arbeiten lokal, um die Übertragung der Fonds so bald wie möglich zu regeln, und wurden in der Stadt geboren, wo die Bankfiliale.

Sobald ich die Antwort auf Ihre Interesse haben, schicke ich Ihnen vollständige Informationen über die Durchführung dieser Transaktion, und beachten Sie, dass ihr Anteil beträgt 50% und 50% von meinem Willen aus diesem Fonds werden.

Bitte kontaktieren Sie meine private E-Mail-Adresse für Rückfragen und Klärungen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Huang Yiu (IOM Bank of China)
E-Mail: yiuhuagu@yahoo.com.hk

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