419 scam: "MR HUANG" <bohapaa@dodo.com.au> BUSINESS TRANSACTION............

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- mrhuang0000001@yahoo.com.tw (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR HUANG" <bohapaa@dodo.com.au>
Reply-To: "MR HUANG" <mrhuang0000001@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 6:47:09 +1000
Subject: BUSINESS TRANSACTION............

Hello,

How are you today and business in your country? I am Huang,
Bank Manager of bank of Overseas,Taiwan. I would respectfully
request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential
and respect the integrity of the information you come by as
a result of this mail. I contacted you independently of our
investigation and no one is informed of this communication.

A British Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid
Minerals Corporation, Mr.Bowen Atkinson made a numbered time
(Fixed)Deposit of $30,000,000.00 for twelve calendar months
and not too long Mr.Bowen Atkinson died from an airplane
crash.The bank immediately launched an investigation
intopossible surviving next of kin to alert about the
situation and also to claim his estate. If you are familiar
with private banking affairs,those who patronize our
services usually prefer anonymity,but also some levels of
detachment from conventional processes.In his bio-data form,
he listed no next of kin.In the field of private banking,
opening an account with us means noone will know of its
existence, accounts are rarely held under a name;depositors
use numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous

The bank immediately launched an investigation into possible
surviving next of kin to alert about the situation and also
to claim his estate. I alone know of the existence of this
deposit as far as Bank Overseas is concerned, the bank's
management has no single idea of what? the history or nature
of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions to
release the deposit to any party that comes forward.I am aware
of the consequences of this proposal. If my offer is of no
appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted
you. If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this
process towards a conclusion.I will always call you and please
contact me only through this email below.My official lines
are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to
assess our level of customer care in line with our Total
Quality Management Policy.

Please observe this instruction religiously. Please, again,
note I am a family man, I have a wife and children. I send
you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the
consequences may be, but I know within me that nothing ventured
is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy
or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned
from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence.

Please reply to my private Email: mrhuang0000001@yahoo.com.tw
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Huang

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