419 scam: "Cheng Peter"<summit@mict.go.com> VERY IMPORTANT AND URGEN

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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.
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.
- cp9432355@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Cheng Peter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cp9432355@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:52:00 -0500
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT AND URGEN

Good Morning,

I am Cheng Peter from Singapore .some years back my late father made some investment in Canada and the United states through an investment agent.

I have ask that the investment be liquidated and the money transferred to me so i could inject the funds into the family business and take good care of my Health . But i was told by My contact, that for some reasons, they have a new policy not to transfer funds out of North America for now.

Meanwhile, I have tried to open an account with some Banks in Canada and the United States but I need to be physically presence to sign the mandate. I must confess that this is not possible now because I am medically down to make such a long distance trip.

So, I was told to provide a contact in Canada, or United States of America to receive the funds on my behalf. I am in need of your assistance on this matter, if you could assist me in receiving the funds and forward to me.

Sincerely, you are not going to face any risk or problem in rendering assistance. AND PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY ON THIS AND I WILL OFFER YOU 7% OF THE MONEY YOU RECEIVED.

Once I received your response, I will send you the contact details of the investment agent so that you can open talk with him on how to receive the money. Please get back to me if you are interested and you can assist me .

Regards and have a nice day.

Cheng Peter
Contact e-mail: cp9432355@gmail.com

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