419 scam: Freddiie Chan<freddiechan@att.net> Please Advise !!!

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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:
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- freddiechan@writeme.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Freddiie Chan<freddiechan@att.net>
Reply-To: freddiechan@writeme.com
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:05:29 -0800
Subject: Please Advise !!!

Hello Friend

Its a good opportunity to communicate you today on a very important issue, firstly am very sorry for this unsolicited email, really, am aware that this is not a conventional way to establish a relationship of trust, but due to the situation at hand and the confidential of this medium , I have no choice.

A family member of yours ( or perhaps just a person having the same last name with you died 1997 airliner crashed,leaving behind an estate/capital of (USD12.5 Million with interest accrued till date) with Citibank(Hong Kong) where I work as an External auditor. Till date nobody has come forward as an heir or put up an application for the claim(funds).Do contact me either via my private email, for further discussions. Lastly, owing to the sensitivity of this issue, I urge you to keep this proposal in utmost confidentiality pending our discussion.

Thank you for the understanding in this regards. I will wait for your suggestion and advise to proceed.

My Private Email: freddiechan@writeme.com

Best Regards
Freddie Chan.

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