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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Sir.LI KA-SHING," <barristjoe11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sirlikas477@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:14:31 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello Dear,

My name is Li Ka Shing, a philanthropist and the founder of The HUTCHSON
WHAMPOA LIMITED, CHEUNG KONG HOLDINGS AND the Li Ka-Shing Foundation One of
the largest private foundations in the world. I believe strongly in giving
while living and this is that time when all that matters is the lives of
our people. And we need to do anything and everything it takes.

Meanwhile, I pledge to contribute from my savings to save lives. I had
nothing when I started and now that I am in this position, how can I hold
back from doing whatever I can for those who have nothing. The Corona Virus
Disease (COVID-19) pandemic marks an unprecedented time in modern history
that will require the best of humanity to overcome. The Corona Virus
Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has taken thousands of lives and spread to
nearly every country in the world.

Everyone can now support directly the response coordinated, I had one idea
that never changed in my mind that you should use your wealth to help
people and I have decided to secretly give USD $1.9 Million to randomly
selected individual worldwide as new year gift. On receipt of this email,
you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was
chosen online while searching at random.

In addition, kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know
your email address is valid. { sirlikas477@gmail.com } Email me after you
mighty read about my charities {
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ka-shing#Charities}

Warm Regards,

Sir. LI KA-SHING,
Founder Cheung Kong Holdings
http://www.lksf.org/
Email Me At { sirlikas477@gmail.com }

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