419 scam: "Mr. Charles Chin"<charles20chin@yahoo.com.cn> Re: Please respond

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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.
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.
- chin20charles@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Charles Chin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chin20charles@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:32:02 +0100
Subject: Re: Please respond

Hello,

Pardon this unsolicited mail by which I am introducing a matter worthy of your consideration and, ultimately, your involvement.

l am Mr. Charles Chin, attorney to a client of my law firm who died suddenly (intersate) without naming a next-of-kin or leaving a will. I am seeking your collaboration in re-profiling and appropriating a substantial sum of money belonging to the late client, as part of a financial portfolio I have been managing and monitoring for more than nine years on his behalf. This opportunity will be of mutual benefit to the two of us.

I propose presenting you as the next-of-kin and benefactor of the deceased's financial estate, with all the necessary documents I shall provide to substantiate this assertion, to the financial institution holding the portfolio, for claims. If you are interested, kindly get back to me with the following information via this email: chin20charles@yahoo.com.cn

FULL NAMES
PRESENT RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
AGE
SEX
OCCUPATION
PHONE/FAX

Upon your response, l will avail you with the modalities we shall use to actualize my proposition. Please treat this proposition as private, discrete and confidential; if not interested you can delete this mail.

Regards,
Mr. Charles Chin.
Email: chin20charles@yahoo.com.cn

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