419 scam: "mr chan patrick"<ruizhenwwu@yahoo.com.hk> Buon giorno,

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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.
- wuruizhenn@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mr chan patrick" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <patrick46@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:18:46 +0100
Subject: Buon giorno,

Buon giorno,

Sono un privato Investment Manager in una delle banche reputazione in Cina. Anche se questo mezzo (Internet) è stata notevolmente abusato, ho scelto di arrivare a te attraverso di essa perché rimane ancora il più veloce mezzo di comunicazione. Vi assicuro che questa transazione è al 100% priva di rischi e di diritto per entrambe le parti di essere un "insider" del Banco. Tuttavia, questa corrispondenza è privata, e dovrebbe essere trattata con la massima riservatezza.

L'operazione comporta il trasferimento di un fondo di deposito per un totale di $ 15.3Million (quindici milioni e trecentomila dollari statunitensi) a voi nel modo più legale.

Alla ricezione della vostra risposta, vi darò i dettagli su come il business sarà eseguito e anche la nota che si avrà il 50% della somma sopra menzionata come la vostra quota mentre il 50% sarà per me

Contattarmi al mio indirizzo privato e-mail: wuruizhenn@yahoo.com.hk

Con i migliori saluti,
Ruizhen Wu (PIM, Banca ICBC)

Anti-fraud resources:

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