419 scam: "Jin Chung"<officememeo01@gmail.com> Urgent Attn:

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
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.
- jinchung417@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jin Chung" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jinchung417@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 06:35:14 -0800
Subject: Urgent Attn:

Jin Chung.
131-133 Johnston Road,
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Reply Email [ jinchung417@gmail.com ]

Dear Partner,

I am Jin Chung,I am the Internal Auditor of the Wing Hang Bank Ltd Johnston Road Branch 131-133 Johnston Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. An Iraqi Customer Mr Bashir Al Basaer, a business man made a numbered fixed deposit of(346,736,899.68 HKD) valued to US$45,500,000.00[Forty Five Million, Five Hundred thousand Dollars] Upon maturity, several notices has been sent to him, but no response has come from him.I have personally made several moves to ac-certain whether he was killed during during the war that ravaged his Country Iraq for five years ago (2005).

We got late information few months ago that Mr Bashir Al Basaer and his family had been killed during the war in Gunfire that hit their home where his personal oil well was. After further investigation it was also discovered that Bashir Al Basaer did not declare any Secondary next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. The fund deposit is still lying in my bank without any claim. This is the basic reason I am contacting you to act as the next of Kin to claim the fund. By your acceptance to this request, will give us good opportunity to transfer the fund to your Bank Account in your country immediately. If this request is acceptably to you, please you forward these information to me.

YOUR NAME IN FULL DETAIL:====================================
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER OR FAX NUMBER CURRENTLY IN USE =======
HOME ADDRESS AND OFFICE:=====================================
BANK DETAIL INFORMATION:=====================================
SCAN COPY ID CARD============================================
COUNTRY AND STATES===========================================
SEX==========================================================
AGE==========================================================
OCCUPATION===================================================

To make this transfer to be possibly urgent, requires your full co-operation, and please note that you will provide an area where we can invest the fund in your Country, which 45% percent of the fund is yours while the balance 55% remain for me. Reply to my personal mail box: [ jinchung417@gmail.com ]as soon as you get this mail.

Best Regard

Jin Chung

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