419 scam: "Mrs. Rebecca Lee Zhang" <praca@controlprocess.pl> Urgent Message $30,000,000. Funds...

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
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.
- doujorou@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Rebecca Lee Zhang" <praca@controlprocess.pl>
Reply-To: rebecca56@citromail.hu
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:43:06 -0700
Subject: Urgent Message $30,000,000. Funds...

Good day,

Complement of the day, I am so sorry contacting you in this means especially when we have never met before

Itâ€™s my pleasure to have contact you, based on the critical condition I find myself,though, itâ€™s not financial problem, but my health,you might have know that cancer is not what to talk home about,though I donâ€™t know you,and my contact with you was not by mistake, but by divine favor of GOD.

My name is Mrs. Rebecca Lee Zhang, I was married to Mr. Hongsong Xim Zhang, who worked with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for 18 years before he died on the 22nd of July 2020 in Guangdong China. We were married for years without a child. He died after a brief illness caused by COVID-19 that lasted for five days.

When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of US$30,000,000,00 (Thirty Million United States Dollars) in a bank in East Asia. Presently this money is still in the bank. He made this money available in buying Real Estate or building Schools for orphanage homes and Less privileges. But recently, My Doctor told me that I donâ€™t have much time to live because of the cancer problem that was diagnosed in my body.

Having known my condition I decided to hand you over this project money to take care of the less-privileged people, Building Schools and Real Estate for the Orphanage homes just to fulfill my husband's wishes.

You will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want you to take 5% of this US$30Million
My account office will take 5%
The remaining 90% of the money will go to charity people and helping the orphanages.

I donâ€™t want my husbandâ€™s hard earned money all his efforts to be used by the Government. I grew up as an Orphan and I donâ€™t have anybody as my family member that can use this and not keep the funds to themselves due to greediness and advantage of my illness.

Just to endeavor that the name of GOD is maintained. Am doing this to fulfill my husband's wishes so that GOD will forgive my sins and accept my soul because this sickness has suffered me so much.

Please note that this fund is 100% Legal and risk free because both myself and my late husband deposited this funds for this purpose.

Now as soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of my late husband's bank account officer who will guide you on how the US$30Million should be transferred to your name as the new beneficiary for this project.

And I will send you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of the money in the bank, that is if you assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Contact me on this email directly: doujorou@gmail.com

Hoping to receive your reply soon.

Regards,

Mrs. Rebecca Lee Zhang

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