419 scam: "Mr. Kang Hoon"<kanghoon33@yahoo.com.hk> (MESSAGE FROM TOKYO

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
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.
- kanghoon64@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kang Hoon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kanghoon70@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:42:37 +0100
Subject: (MESSAGE FROM TOKYO - JAPAN)

Hello,

Good day, how are you today hope healthy? Please my English speaking is not very good, but I can write better than to speak.
I am Mr Kang Hoon, From Republic of Korea writing from Home Center Kohnan, Koto Fukagawa (Tokyo) Japan.
I worked as the general caretaker to Mr.Masamichi Kazama, late Mr. Kazama, his a banker
and real estate developer living in Fukushima Japan but died during the tsunami disaster (earthquake) in Fukushima Japan,
I am the closes person that work with late Mr. Masamichi Kazama before his death.

Mr. Masamichi Kazama have a safe deposit fund of US$22,600,000.00 with a private vault house abroad
and which I have the original certificate of deposit with me for the claims, all I need from you is to contact
the private vault house abroad with prove of the certificate of deposit for the released of the safe deposit in your favor.
We share 60% for you and 40% for me if you are interested contact me with my private email for more details (kanghoon64@yahoo.com.hk )

Read more about lost of life’s, peoples relatives lost businesses, huge amount of money, properties and
many more on the link below

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/10/japan-lost-money-safes-cash_n_847243.html

I am waiting to hear from you.

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Kang Hoon
Tokyo - Japan.
This is a confidential message
(Please read the attachment on this mail when you understand do reply for us to proceed.)

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