419 scam: "Dr. Lee Wang" <quexiaogang@sie.com.cn> THIS IS URGENT!

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Lee Wang" <quexiaogang@sie.com.cn>
Reply-To: <drleewang@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 15:34:35 -0700
Subject: THIS IS URGENT!

Dear Friend,

I hope this message gets to you in good health as we hope to come out safe from this COVID-19 pandemic .

I am Mr. Lee Wang, accounts Manager in one of the branches of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China.

I am writing you this email to let you know Cathy L Francis, was an investor of the company and was contacted January 7th 2020 through her phone but couldn't get through after many times of trying.

I have personally contacted you on this without response. I will appreciate your response when you get this again.

We are clinically taking our time to scrutinize overdue investors fund back to the owners and their family members/Next Of Kin. This is letting you know that March 7th, 2020 was exactly 17 years of her fixed investment plan expiration. Due to this current COVID-19. pandemic, we have been asked to release all foreign investors fund to their next of kin/families with immediate effect.

With the documentations with us as stated in her documented details, only when her investment plan which was signed and sealed for 17 years before the investment will be liquidated..

I am at this point contacting you to stand as relative and next of kin. Cathy died just this February, a month to the maturity of her investment.

I will admonish you to be safe with me as the bank will require that you come up with relevant documents in the tune of 1,213,010,000 Yuan which is an equivalent of $17,038,600 US Dollars.

Note that the bank is going to ask some vital questions and pictures to enable the board committee to sign off this agreement to you, as all protocols for this fund remains CONFIDENTIAL.I have put in over 20 years in the banking sector here in China and I would not want my image dented so please treat this with utmost confidentiality as I said before.

Do have a great day as I hope that you get this message.
Best regards,
Lee Wang

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