419 scam: "Huang Yiu"<huang_yiu@yahoo.com.hk> Ciao,

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Huang Yiu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <huaghyiu@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 02:41:12 +0200
Subject: Ciao,

Ciao,

Ti contatto in questo modo per quanto riguarda la necessità e l'urgenza di tale operazione. Sono Overseas Investment Manager in Bank of China (BOC) e sono stati i promotori finanziari e responsabile per conto di un investitore privato che ha un grande deposito nella mia banca.

L'operazione comporta il trasferimento del fondo di capitale per un totale di $ 16.5Million (sedici milioni, cinque centomila dollari USA) a voi, nella maggior parte del modo in cui la morte di questo cliente lascia il parente più prossimo.

Assicura che la transazione è al 100% priva di rischi e di diritto hanno finito tutte le opere sotterranee a livello locale per il trasferimento regolare del fondo non appena possibile, e sono nati nella città in cui la banca ramo.

Una volta che ho la risposta alla tua interesse, io vi mando informazioni complete sul completamento di questa transazione, e notare che la loro quota sarà del 50% e il 50% della mia volontà da questo fondo.

Si prega di contattare il mio privato e-mail qui sotto per eventuali domande e chiarimenti.

Cordiali saluti,
Huang Yiu (OIM Bank of China)
E-mail:huaghyiu@yahoo.com.hk

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