419 scam: "Mrs. Wong Lee Cheng"<wongcheng.lee1@gmail.com> Please read it and reply to me urgent

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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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- wongcheng.lee@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Wong Lee Cheng" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wongcheng.lee@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 21:58:14 +0800
Subject: Please read it and reply to me urgent

Dear Friend,

I want to talk to you as a friend.First,I want you to understand that my contact to you is not from any referral. Could you please give me your ears lets see if we would discuss as friends, although that you will be surprise about me contacting you. Do not have a negative thought or bias mind while reading this mail for i have a positive intention for approaching you for safeguarding me and my husbands wealth

I am Mrs wong lee cheng,a citizen of singapore working with JTC Corporation Groups.

You might be wondering where I got your contacts from but I have really taken my time in searching thoroughly.I am married to Mr. wong chin, who was a banker with DBS Bank Limited singapore for a long time before he died,within the period of his stay in the bank,he was able to vacate the sum of six million two hundred thousand united states dollars($6.200.000 u.s dollars) from some dormant accounts in the bank which the fund is now in my custody as the wife,but i needed to vacate the country with the money because the bank are now looking for me. I thought of the safest country to go with the money and my only 9yrs old son,i got to malaysia where i am residing now with my son and lodged the money into a safe keeping security company.

I lodged the money as a family tresures at the safe security company and the money needs to be moved out of there before it raises eye brew.

If you wish that i should trust this money into your care and that you are an honest and God fearing person that would help me to receive this money in your country after which i will find a way to meet you and settle down there with my son.I will then arrange to send the money through a diplomatic courier company to you.

Please,could you honestly help me from your heart? I think i should completely trust you,Your acceptance will permit me to feed you more of the deal with my contact telephone number and know what would be your percentage after you have received the funds into your account,let me know your intentions and rewards on my request so that i would know the next step to take from here.Our goals and interests.

Although that it may sound to you ridiculous or strange, but be well informed that I will disclose everything about me once I hear from you.

Contact me at my private email address : wongcheng.lee@gmail.com

May God bless you and your family.

Regards
Mrs Wong Lee Cheng.

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