419 scam: "Guo Su Meng" <info@guomeng.cn> Hello.

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Guo Su Meng" <info@guomeng.cn>
Reply-To: guomeng010@yahoo.cn
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:47:44 +0700
Subject: Hello.

Hello friend,

Compliments of the day to you, I do hope all is well.

I am a retired senior member of staff of a reputable
financial institution in Asia and I have information
on a transaction that I believe will be of mutual
benefits to both of us to be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any
breach of the law and you will be compensated
adequately according to agreed commissions.

What is required will be your complete trust and honest
cooperation to enable us to see this transaction through.

You will have to show commitments to the cause as time
will be of great importance in what we have to do.

If you are interested and prepared to work with me
according to these dictates, please correspond back
immediately so that we can discuss,make assessments and
after your basic understanding of the whole business,
commence the process by which we will actualize the
project.

I wish you a pleasant day as I hope to read from you soon.

Yours sincerely,
Guo Su Meng

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