419 scam: "Mr. Xie Ping" <admin@vienmaytinh.org> Re.For Whom It May Concern

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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:
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- xieping959@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Xie Ping" <admin@vienmaytinh.org>
Reply-To: Shanemord@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:33:20 +0100
Subject: Re.For Whom It May Concern

For Whom It May Concern, My name is Mr. Xie Ping, Senior head, foreign mark=
eting & client=92s management department of Banco Transatlantico S.A. Panam=
a city branch, Republic of Panama. In my department, we serve the interest =
of very wealthy foreign business directors, politicians, celebrities and wo=
rld leaders as recommended by various cooperate law firms here in Panama. I=
have no choice but to quickly write you this urgent mail, in the wake of t=
he huge awareness generated by the recent leak of sensitive and confidentia=
l business files relating to offshore accounts of very prominent clients of=
Mossack Fonseca, tag: =91Panama Papers=92 that has generated so much aware=
ness to the activities of cooperate law firms in helping the rich and famou=
s in hiding their funds and avoiding taxation. Since the government is cons=
idering a review of the activities of cooperate law firms in relations to o=
ffshore companies and offshore accounts of various banks here in Panama. In=
view of this, I decided to quickly write to you in connection to a dormant=
account with similar last name as yours. Before I reveal any sensitive inf=
ormation it is important I state categorically that all privilege informati=
on concerning my proposal and this business transaction should be treated w=
ith utmost confidentiality. There is a dormant amount of USD$45.5 Million U=
nited States Dollars currently in one of my diseased client coded account. =
The late Rainer (Deceased) he died about 4 years ago without a next of kin =
in his files with me, because you share same last/surname, I can have a law=
yer prepare necessary documents to present you as the next of kin and have =
funds released to you for us to share. Should you be interested, then I wil=
l like to hear from you the soonest via my private contact above to enable =
me provide you with more details on how we are to proceed. It would also be=
very important for us to meet in person to review general details/terms an=
d to also clear all doubts. Venue of meeting can either be in Panama, your =
country or any other major international cities. Looking forward to hearing=
from you soonest. Reply to : Xieping959@gmail.com Kind regards, Mr. Xie Pi=
ng Xieping959@gmail.com

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