419 scam: "Chris Adams"<report@mail.hgnu.edu.cn> Urgent response

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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:
- "huge sum 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)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "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)
- "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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <chrisadams509@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:02:04 +0200
Subject: Urgent response

Dear Sir/Ma,

I am Mr.Chris Adams, a staff of a reputable bank in England. I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.

We had a foreign client named Mr. Kim, Bryan, who deposited a huge sum of money (25.5 Million United States Dollars), with our bank. Eventually, this client died in a plane crash and since his death we have not had anybody come up for the claims as the next of kin. You may want to take a look at other passengers who were on the same plane; here is a site
for your perusal.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/

A situation I have monitored closely with my position in the bank. Now having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past
years.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has been concluded by me and my partners involved.

I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable us move the funds to his or her account. This does not have any risk attached to it, as we have our contacts in various departments of the bank that will handle all the
internal documentations.

I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message through my email:and I will furnish you with details and more information on how to proceed with the subject matter.

Best regards

Chris Adams.

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