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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.
- liuji721@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Liu Ji" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <liuji721@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:25:39 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION
Hello,
I am a financial consultant with First Shanghai Fiduciary firm in Hong Kong. I am contacting you on behalf of my client who is a high net worth individual.
We manage different portfolios on his behalf. He has indicated a willingness to diversify and invest in your country. He is interested in different sectors which includes Technology, Construction and Agriculture. Also he is quite open to ventures that are risk free.
I would like to inform you that the Chinese government’s policy to collect income tax from Sino-foreign joint ventures and solely foreign-funded enterprises has necessitated a need for my client to start looking at investment outside China. Before this new policy, China exercised a single taxation system. This has all been changed to a compound / double taxation system.
We are aware of the fact that due to nationality and residency issues there might be need for a local partner with knowledge of the culture and dynamics of your market.
Please note that this is a genuine investor partnership proposal. We are only interested in ethical and legitimate transactions.
We are looking forward to hearing from you. After which we will be intimating you with further information. Also quite importantly we will arrange a meeting with you at your earliest convenience.
Please get back to me on liuji721@gmail.com should this be of interest to you.
Regards
Liu Ji
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