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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "ho cambiato indirizzo!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • kim_lu12@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: KIM CHUNG <kim_lu12@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: kim_lu11@yahoo.it
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 07:15:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOOD DAY.


Ho cambiato indirizzo!Puoi ora scrivermi a questo indirizzo: kim_lu12@yahoo.it

Hello ,


My name is Mr. KIM CHUNG a citizen of North Korea and I would like you to

guide me through the most viable investment opportunities in your Country.

Alternatively, I can invest in your line of business

perhaps if it’s viable. I am one of the defectors from the North and I am

currently residing(Refugee Camp) in South Korea.


I have been in this country for sometime after defecting from the North, I

was into currency exchange business and I was always traveling to other

parts of Asia and Europe and during that period, I was able to move out my

funds and deposit it in a financial institution in Europe.


I want to invest this funds in your country with your help and advice

because we are being treated as foreigners here and watched because the

Korean government believe we are security treat, A lot

of defectors now go on to Canada or the United States and some parts of

Europe to live. For more details, please see the

followingwebsites;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1181380/posts


I want you to send me a complete breakdown of the investment opportunities

in your country and also let me know what exactly I need to do to enable you

invest the funds for me in your country.


If interested, I will then come over to your country after you receive the

funds and work out the investment plans with you. After I hear from you and

find out the best investment business you can introduce to me, I will tell

you how much is involved.


Reply as soon as possible.


Regards and God Bless

Mr.KIM CHUNG.




- KIM CHUNG

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