419 scam: "Rebecca Lee Zhang"<send@tesxt.com> Read About $30,000,000 Donations

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- rebeccaleezhang3@citromail.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rebecca Lee Zhang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rebeccaleezhang2@citromail.hu>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 16:13:24 -0700
Subject: Read About $30,000,000 Donations

Hello Dear One,

Greetings and Sorry for intruding into your privacy.
I sent you this message before but you have not replied back to me

My name is Mrs. Rebecca Lee Zhang, I was married to Engr. 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.

I am a Cancer Patient and the disease have taken over my entire system according to medical diagnosis and I want to donate my inheritance funds US$30 Million that my late husband left in a financial house before his death because recently the doctor told me that I might not survive the latest Surgery which I have been booked for and I don't know if I can survive Surgery.

I want you to use 90% which is ( $27Million ) of this money to Less Privileges, and build free schools and Orphanage homes and name them after me and my husband ( Rebecca & Hongsong Zhang Orphanage Homes.). Also part of this money goes to Cancer research programme institutions, And also housing elderly and retired persons who have no children in their lifetime just like me and my late husband.

I want you to take 5% which is ( $1.5 Million ) of this money as the person who agreed to carry out my last wish
My account office will take 5% which is ( $1.5 Million ). He will be the one to guide you on this process to make sure you receive the funds for this project.

Please note that this fund is 100% Legal and no risk at all because both myself and my late husband deposited this funds for this purpose.
I will give you more details only if you are willing and ready to handle this project.

Contact me on this email directly: ( rebeccaleezhang3@citromail.hu )

Hoping to receive your reply soon.

Regards,

Mrs. Rebecca Lee Zhang

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