419 scam: "win kosal" <win.kosal@gmail.com> Dear Friend

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- kosalw9@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "win kosal" <win.kosal@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kosalw9@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:24:04 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend

My name is Mr.win kosal, I am the bank manager and also an account holder
of a deceased customer of a bank in Asia. I am contacting for a good
proposal that will benefit both of us if you are interested and
trustworthy, Please reply back and lets benefit from this golden
opportunity. You are my first contact, and I am contacting you because I
need to do the deal with someone outside my country for security reasons,
it's not the type of deal you let someone around you to be aware of. My
bank do not even know that i am contacting you. I will explain better the
process as a banker when I see your response, I shall wait for days and if
I do not hear from you, I shall look for another person.
I look forward to read from you in my private e-mail: kosalw9@gmail.com

Regards Mr. Win kosal.

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