419 scam: "Driezen Hendrikus"<charlie@CHEZGOETZ.COM> Re: CAN YOU HANDLE A CHARITY PROJECT

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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!

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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 deposit" (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)
- ",000,000" (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 "dying merchant" scam.
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.
- agentservicesnet@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Driezen Hendrikus" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agentservicesnet@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 12:05:10 -0400
Subject: Re: CAN YOU HANDLE A CHARITY PROJECT

Dear Beloved Friend,

Can you be trusted to handle a Charity Project Work worth Nine Million Euros (9,000,000.00 Euros) for the less privilege? Since i have been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and it has defiled all forms of medical treatment, i have decided to use my Money for Charity Project Work to help the needy and the less privilege. With the help of my Attorney so far, i have been able to reach out to a few charity organizations in the Philippines, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, i cannot do this myself anymore. I need trusted and capable hands who can handle this charity project to put a smile in the lives of the less privilege.

I have earlier asked members of my family to help me give out arms to those organizations catering for the less privileged in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the resources to themselves. I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to appreciate what i have left for them. So i have decided to use the last of my belonging which no one knows about except my Attorney and is a huge deposit of Nine million Euros (9,000,000.00) is equivalent to 11,637,450,00 USD which I deposited in the Bank since 2003 and i will want you to secure and bestow to Charity Organizations with the help of you and my Attorney and i have set aside for you 20% for your time to assist me locate the right charity homes.

For more details, kindly send the following information to my email <agentservicesnet@aim.com> to enhance communication of this project work to help the needy and the less privilege.
1). Full Names:
2). Residential Address:
3). Cell phone numbers:
4). Sex:
5). Occupation:
6). Country:

I look forward to your swift response to this mail.

Yours Sincerely.

Mr. Driezen Hendrikus
Email: agentservicesnet@aim.com

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