419 scam: "bbtan" <huuanghong@gmail.com> Gentile cliente in questione,

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "icbc bank" (not involved with lotteries)
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.
- icbchk@techie.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "bbtan" <huuanghong@gmail.com>
Reply-To: icbchk@techie.com
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 12:06:12 -0000
Subject: Gentile cliente in questione,

Buona giornata,
Sono un gestore degli investimenti privati in una delle banche stimabili a
Hong Kong. Anche se questo mezzo (Internet) è stata notevolmente abusato,
ho scelto di raggiungere attraverso di essa perché rimane ancora il mezzo
più veloce di comunicazione. Vi assicuro che questa transazione è al 100%
di rischio gratuito e legale per entrambe le parti di essere un insider
della banca. Tuttavia, questa corrispondenza è privato, e dovrebbe essere
trattato con la massima riservatezza. L'operazione comporta il
trasferimento di un fondo di deposito per un totale di €
27.000.000.00Million (venti sette milioni di euro) a voi nel modo più
legale. Alla ricezione della vostra risposta, vi darò i dettagli su come
verrà eseguito il business e si noti anche che si avrà il 50% della somma
di cui sopra come la vostra parte mentre il 50% sarà per me Contattatemi
al mio privato indirizzo e-mail: icbchk@techie.com
I migliori saluti,
Huang Hong (ICBC Bank) Banca Industriale Commerciale di China Limited
Filiale di Hong Kong.

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