419 scam: "Mr Lee Wong"<lee_wong205@yahoo.com.hk> DEAR FRIEND

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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.
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.
- lee_wong205@yahoo.com.hk (Yahoo, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Lee Wong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lee_wong2005@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1980 21:33:18 +0100
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

My Name Is Mr Lee Wong,

I have a serious big business to propose to you, my late client Mr Henry
Ting, left an unclaimed sum with my bank .

This business to gross 45 million, 600 hundred Thousand American Money.

I want you to help me process and receive this fund, Rest assured I can
make this transaction work perfectly and safely for us you understand,
and with your co-operation for the success of this business I offer to you
a good percentage of the fund as your share.

If interested pls contact to me as soonest your convenience at my e-mail:
lee_wong205@yahoo.com.hk

I give you all necessary information on this business and how we make it
work .

I expect your reply and my response be swift. Thanking you much now.

Reply soon.

Mr Lee Wong

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