419 scam: "NEWMAN CHRIS"<nmanchris1@gmail.com> Dear Friend, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011/ REPLY IF INTERESTED

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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 urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "observe utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin 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.
- nmanchris1@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "NEWMAN CHRIS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sgteb1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:04:43 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011/ REPLY IF INTERESTED

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Newman Chris, a staff with HSBC Bank PLC LONDON. I have urgent and very confidential business proposal for you. A Spanish Goldconsultant/contractor with the South African Mining Company, MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for (3) Three years, valued at ?9.5M (Nine Million,Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Only) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the South African Solid Gold Corporation that MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN died in an underground train crash in the eastern city of Valencia Spain as Victims of the Tuesday,4 July 2006, Incident that befall the Spanish, the bank is still unrelenting in its bid to contact any of the relatives to claim This
money, you can confirm through this website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5143738.stm

On further investigation, I found out that she died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of ?9.5M is still sitting in my Bank. my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN, I will like you to provide immediately the below information so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. The Attorney will draft and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 50% for me and 50% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as a prominent official of HSBC guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address above. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.

Please send me the below information, Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Full Name:
Current Address:
Phone, Fax, Mobile Numbers:
Profession:
Marital Status:
Age:
Nationality:
Copy Of Your Identification(International Passport Or Drivers License)

Thank you for finding time to read this as I await your urgent reply via my confidential email address:

E-mail: nmanchris1@yahoo.co.jp

Mr.Newman Chris
E-mail: nmanchris1@yahoo.co.jp

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