419 scam: "NEWMAN CHRIS"<nmanchris1@gmail.com> Dear Friend, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011----16/02/2011

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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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "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: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:41:45 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011----16/02/2011

Dear Friend,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from a computerize data following my effort searching for a trustworthy person to assist me.
My name is Mr. Newman Chris, a seasoned Banker with HSBC Bank PLC LONDON as well an account officer to a deceased customer of our bank MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN , we lost this customer in 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

She made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for (3) Three years, valued £9.5M (Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Only) with us have been unclaimed due to unavailability of next of kin/relatives to claim his estate. My late customer was awarded two different contracts with Shell Development Company before the untimely demise on Tuesday,4 July 2006. I am seeking your cooperation to stand as the next of kin to enable us claim the inheritance before the period given by the bank elapse. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.

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 for investment 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: nmanchris1@yahoo.co.jp

Regards,

Newman Chris

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