419 scam: "Yan Biao"<biaoyan47@yahoo.com> urgent reply

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "2970838172@qq.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Yan Biao" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <2970838172@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 01:28:59 +0700
Subject: urgent reply

Yan Biao,
Outside Director
CNOOC China National Offshore Oil Corp.,(CNOOC)
No.25,Chaoyangmenbei Dajie,Dongcheng District,
Beijing 100010 P. R.China.

Letter Of Intent,

I am approaching for investment partnership with you and or /your company under your committal assistance. Let me know if there are investments potentials in your country also if you are interested to discuss the possibility of entering into a joint venture. I am Mr Yan Biao,Outside Director of China National Offshore Oil Corp.,(CNOOC)

Website: http://en.cnooc.com.cn/data/html/english/channel_205.html

Optimistically, I am interested to discuss about Joint Venture investment with you if you find it worthwhile to work with a high profile Chinese towards establishing a good business relationship. Kindly let me know if you are interested in this proposal so I shall provide you with the relevant details for the investment funds and our procedures in sequence.I also demand for transparent and professional business cooperation in the future. Looking forward to hearing from you and to establishing a joint cooperation with long term credible business relation.

Warm regards,

Yan Biao,

Outside Director
CNOOC China National Offshore Oil Corp.,(CNOOC)
No.25,Chaoyangmenbei Dajie,Dongcheng District,
Beijing 100010 P. R.China.

reply to my private email(2970838172@qq.com)

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