419 scam: "Mrs Victoria Yang" <vicking_yang@outlook.com> Concerning the poor and the needy.

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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:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "trunk boxes" (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)
- "stay blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Victoria Yang" <vicking_yang@outlook.com>
Reply-To: vickings_yang@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:09:00 +0000
Subject: Concerning the poor and the needy.

Compliments,

My name is Mrs. Victoria Yang, the wife of late Mr. Albert Yang. I have suffered maltreatment and untold hardship in the hands of my late husband's family since the death of my husband with my son and daughter in a car crash. By tradition, all that my late husband had, [wealth] belongs to his brothers/family. And I am to be remarried by his immediate younger brother which I vehemently refused. They have taken all that I suffered with my husband to acquire including treasures, houses and his bank particulars seized by them.

I have suffered cancer of the esophagus for almost 7 yrs now, my health is very bad and the doctor said i have a few weeks to live. My late husband rented a vault and deposit 2 trunk boxes valued at $5.5m with a Security company. It has therefore, become very necessary and urgent to contact someone to help me receive/secure these funds and to use this money to help the needy.

Thank you for your assistance and have a blessed day as I await your response.

Stay blessed.
Mrs. Victoria Yang.

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