419 scam: Lee Cheng <chambera@chambers.org> Hi, I Need Your Assistance

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Lee Cheng <chambera@chambers.org>
Reply-To: a.alliance@kimo.com
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 23:56:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Hi, I Need Your Assistance

Hello,

It is my pleasure to contact you through this medium. I am Lee Cheng, a senior legal consultant and an advisor to Islamic Banking in the South East Asian Region on legal matters.

I got your email in my determination to locate the family members of my deceased client who died some years ago.

I am writing you now seeking for your assistance to make the claim of $5,500,000.00 Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars being my deceased client's investment funds in a Financial Institution since all my effort to reach them proved abortive.

I will officially present you as his next of kin to inherit his fund since the Financial Institution had given me a notification to present my deceased client's next of kin else the fund will be remitted into Government treasury.

Therefore, it is upon this discovery that I decided to seek for your assistance to present you as the next of kin to my deceased client since the Financial Institution has given me an ultimatum.

Note:

(A).You will stand as the beneficiary to receive the investment funds of my deceased client in the Financial Institution as I will present you before the firm.

(B). At the completion of this transaction, the sharing rates shall be 50% for me, 50% for you.

Get back to me with the following details for the pursuant of this claim

Full Names:

Contact Address:

Direct Telephone No:

Occupation:

Age and Marital Status:

I await your response.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely,

Lee Cheng

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