419 scam: "MICHEAL CHUNG"<michealchung2010@yahoo.cn> READ VERY CAREFUL AND GET BACK FOR US SOON

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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.
- michealchung@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MICHEAL CHUNG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michealchung@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:42:16 +0800
Subject: READ VERY CAREFUL AND GET BACK FOR US SOON

Hello SIR/MADAM,
We are group miners of gold which we have our own company in Republic of Ghana west Africa and for your information our price is reasonable compare to the world market, our price is $12, 500 for a kilo (Negotiable) and we do have some quantities of Gold dust and bars both here in stock and our correspondence office in Dubai and china at the moment.
We have 1200kg of Av gold dust and bar in Ghana the quality of the gold is 22karat+. We were told that there is a lot of market for gold in your country now,so if even you are not buying the gold may be you can get me a buyer and you will get your commission for getting us a buyer. we can ship to any part of the globe, we are ready to recieve your delegate here in ghana as we can also send our delegates to you any were. looking forward to do business with you.

These are the Secp of our Product:
Quantity : more than 120kg Presently
Quality : 22karat+
Purity :96.5%
Price :$12,500 for a kilo
price :$800 for an ounce

I'm waiting to hear from you soon.

Best Regards, Micheal Chung

EMAIL;michealchung@sify.com

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