419 scam: "Li Clark"<liclark3027@gmail.com> Re:

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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 Clark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <palegebob@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 19:54:27 -0400
Subject: Re:

Hello,
I am Mr. Li Clark the Learning and Development Manager at Hang Seng Bank in China. I am contacting you regarding the estate of Alfred and an investment placed under our bank's management 5 years ago. I want to respectfully request you observe confidentiality for the integrity of the information you come by henceforth. In 2005, Alfred, came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of 14.5M in USD which he wished to have us invest on his behalf. Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood at over 10M in USD. In mid 2007, he instructed that the principal sum (14.5M) be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Hong Kong and China. We got in touch with a specialist bank in Hong Kong, Fubon Bank who agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash availabl
Thank you in anticipation.
Mr. Li Clark

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