419 scam: "Mr. Dae Chang: daechang7@gmail.com" <506949086irina@gmail.com> Re:Dear Sir/madam,

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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.
- daechang6@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Dae Chang: daechang7@gmail.com" <506949086irina@gmail.com>
Reply-To: daechang6@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 01:39:06 +0300
Subject: Re:Dear Sir/madam,

IPG LEGAL
373 Gangnam Dae Ro,
17th Floor Hongwoo Building,
Seocho - Gu,
Seoul Korea

Dear Sir/madam,

Permit me to introduce myself, i am Chang Dae, a private investigator, i
have a peculiar case in which i require your assistance.

I was contacted few months ago by one of my colleague about a deceased
client, Late Eng. Jai Hwan, who was murdered with his entire family in
Syria on the 17th of October, 2014. The deceased had a deposit made for 36
calendar months with the sum of US$21.8 Million United sates dollars with a
bank here in my country South Korea. The problem now is that the bank has
giving us a mandate to locate any of my late client, extended family but we
have made several inquiries all to no avail, the bank has given me 21days
to provide the executor of the deceased estate or they would have these
money confiscated.

But i have tried all avenues without luck hence my contacting you.

I am contacting you because you are a foreigner and i need you to help me
retrieve these funds into your account for our sharing. I wouldn't want the
account of my late client to be confiscated and this is why i am contacting
you and i would like to us to come together to retrieve this money and it
would be good to work with you since you are a foreigner.

Please respond immediately to let me know if you agree to these terms.
alternatively, you may contact me on my secure email at:-
daechang6@gmail.com

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation.
Regards,
Chang Dae.
Tel: +16318578338

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