419 scam: "Mr Peter Chang"<pe.chan65@gmail.com> Very important message *

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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:
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Peter Chang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pe.chang65@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 07:52:23 -0800
Subject: Very important message *

Sir,

I hope my message does not make you apprehensive as I got your contact on the internet , my name is Mr Peter chang, I am the Operations Manager here in hong kong of a Vaults and courier services company. I have been working with this company for over 13 years and within this period, I have watched with a keen interest on how African Heads of state and government functionaries use this company as vehicle to move huge sums of money in cash (Pounds STERLING, EUROS, US$ ETC) to their foreign partners and asset managers.

They lodge in these consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as family treasures and documents. These consignments deposited within our vault are after sometime being claimed by their foreign partners, friends and relatives. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as 9-10 years. Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, the deposit documents are never available for anybody except the depositors. On the above preference and with my in-depth knowledge on the depositors contractual mandate.

I have finalized every arrangement for you to you to claim consignments with code NO; VDS: 88/89, valued at $4.5 MILLION .The main reason why I have written this mail to you is because you share the same surname with the original depositor which makes it very easy to claim the trunks as they have laid here for 8yrs now. In conclusion; I assure you that this business is risk free. (OUR MODE OF SHARING IS 50% FOR YOU AND THE REST 50% for me).

Best Regards,
Mr. Peter Chang.

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