419 scam: "Mr.Hadi Gunawan"<gunawanhadi@click21.com.br> Urgent/Highly Confidential

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Hadi Gunawan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gunawanhadi554@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:48:46 -0700
Subject: Urgent/Highly Confidential

Dear sir,

How are you and your family? This message might meet you in utmost surprise.

However, it's just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. My name is, Mr. Hadi Gunawan, I am a banker by profession from Bank Stallion Trust Indonesia, Auditing and Accounting Unit of the bank. I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds(US$25.5Million) of one of my bank customer who died along with his entire family during the last Iraqi war.

Hence, I am inviting you for this business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 35% for you, 60% for my investment with you in your country, while 5% will be set aside to reimburse each person any incidental expenses made during the claim processing.

If you agree to my business proposal, further details of the claim transaction will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail.

Please reply urgent...
Have a great day.

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Hadi Gunawan

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