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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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 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.
  • chuchan_333@yahoo.co.kr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "chu chan" <chuchan54321@gmail.com>
Reply-To: chuchan_333@yahoo.co.kr
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:42:11 +0100
Subject: Investment Opportunity.


Hello,

My name is Chu Chan a citizen of North Korea; I would like you to guide me
through the most viable investment opportunities in your Country.
Alternatively, I can invest in your line of business perhaps if it?s viable.
I am one of the defectors from the North and I am currently residing in Ho
Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam. I have been in this country for sometime after
defecting from the North, I was into currency exchange business and I was
always traveling to other parts of Asia and Europe and during that period, I
was able to move out my funds and deposit it in a financial institution in
Europe.

I want to invest this funds in your country with your help and advice
because we are being treated as foreigners here and watched because the
Korean government believe we are security treat, A lot of defectors now go
on to Canada or the United States and some parts of Europe to live.

I want you to send me a complete breakdown of the investment opportunities
in your country and also let me know what exactly I need to do to enable you
invest the funds for me in your country. If interested, I will then come
over to your country after you receive the funds and work out the investment
plans with you. After I hear from you and find out the best investment
business you can introduce to me, I will tell you how much is involved. I
will expect your response together with your contact details. Kindly
Reply-to my private address: chuchan_333@yahoo.co.kr

Regards and God Bless,
Chu Chan.

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