419 scam: "Li Ka Shing."<likashing@chevronsa.com> Equity Investment Venture..ORLD BANK LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.¸"

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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:

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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Li Ka Shing." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <likashinglks@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:34:13 -0800
Subject: Equity Investment Venture..

Dear Entrepreneur,

Li Ka Shing Foundation is a venture capital firm specializing in growth
capital investments. It seeks to invest in public and private securities
in a broad range of areas including real estate, energy, oil and gas,
emerging markets, and high-technology. Within the technology sector, the
firm focuses on communications, software, and digital content and
services.

We wish to invest between $2Million-$20Million in any viable projects that
your company requires funding on an investor capacity,On review of your
company's Business Plan we shall determine on the projects possible
funding.This will be a private and confidential Investments.

Endeavor to respond promptly if the investment proposal meets your
company's Approval.

Kind Regards,
Li Ka Shing.
LKS Foundation
Address: 7/F Cheung Kong Center
2 Queen's Road Central
Hong Kong
Website:http://www.lksf.org/

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