419 scam: "Mr. Guopeng Li"<info@hbl.com> New Year business proposal!

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "g.pengli@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "g.pengli@outlook.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: "Mr. Guopeng Li" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <g.pengli@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:08:43 +0800
Subject: New Year business proposal!

Good day,

Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a Certified Post-mail as this is due to the urgency of this project, well I am Mr. Guopeng Li by name, I work with Huaxia Bank Ltd, here in China as the Deputy Head of the Bank, I have a business proposal involving the transfer of ($22,500,000.00 USD) from my bank for you to handle with me. I do require a very serious and sincere partner who will assist me in executing this project. I need to know if you will be able to handle this transaction with me before I explain to you in details.

Also for your verification you can find my official banking profile in the Link below which is:

http://www.hxb.com.cn/english/abouthxb/index.jsp?cid2=11800579067030141&cid3=11800579771400145&cid4=11800580453750149

Should you be interested, please get back to me immediately through my private email which is: g.pengli@outlook.com , so as to enable us proceed into official partnership.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Guopeng Li
Email: g.pengli@outlook.com

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