419 scam: "Jun"<helpdesk@webmaster.org> Hello..

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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:

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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 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.
- junhuan132455@yahoo.com.hk (Yahoo, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jun" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <webmaster177456@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:33:11 +0100
Subject: Hello..

Hello,

I am Mr.Jun Huan of HSH Nordbank AG, Hong Kong.Ahmad Fahmi an Indonesian,a contractor with the Iraqi Government and also a businessman, made a time investment of Twenty Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars as secured growth funds for sixty calendar months in my Branch. Upon maturity several notices were sent to him and no response came from him. Early This year,it was later discovered that the Ahmad Fahmi and his family were killed in a convoy attack in Musol, Iraq on 22th Aug, 2004.I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the beneficiary to Mr. Ahmed Fahmi to enable you receive the funds.Please reach me only on junhuan132455@yahoo.com.hk for further info.

Jun Huan.
junhuan132455@yahoo.com.hk

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