419 scam: Private Department <greenchemists@gmail.com> Ich freue mich auf Ihre dringende Antwort

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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:
- "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)
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.
- kazuhikookuda@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Private Department <greenchemists@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <kazuhikookuda@rocketmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 23:47:30 +0200
Subject: Ich freue mich auf Ihre dringende Antwort

Ich freue mich auf Ihre dringende Antwort

Lieber Freund,

Es ist
eine groÃŸe Chance in der Einheit, wo ich arbeite bei der Bank
(Japan)
Die Gelegenheit ist in Bezug auf den Gegenstand mit
Ref:
FI/TSB/958/042/0500, die im GeschÃ¤ft mit unseren Diskussionen wurde
engagieren
Private Banking Services-Abteilung. Wurde zu dem Zeitpunkt
zugewiesen
Ã¼berwacht das Portfolio, half ich dem Kunden Sicherheit bei
der Zahlung in Anleihen
die Hauptstadt market.The Kunde starb unerwartet
mit niemandem zu
Nachfolger seines estate.Been die eine, die seine
finanzielle Angelegenheit fÃ¼r gehandhabt
den letzten 8 Jahren ist die
private Firma, wo die Gelder derzeit gehalten wird
einfach auf mich
wartet die nÃ¤chste von kin.My Vorschlag zu prÃ¤sentieren ist das, ich
bin
bereit, Sie in die Lage versetzen, das Unternehmen zu verÃ¶ffentlichen
anweisen
die Gesamtsumme von US $ 35,300,000.00 zu Ihnen. Bitte
verwenden Sie meine private E-Mail
Konto, um mich zu kontaktieren, wenn
der Vorschlag ist fÃ¼r Sie von Interesse.

Mit freundlichen
GrÃ¼ÃŸen,
Mr.Kazuhiko Okuda,
E-Mail: kazuhikookuda@rocketmail.com [1]

Links:
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[1] mailto:kazuhikookuda@rocketmail.com

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