419 scam: "LAN LEE"<lanlee700@yahoo.com.hk> Business Proposal

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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.
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.
- lanlee70@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LAN LEE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lanlee70@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:22:08 -0700
Subject: Business Proposal

Good Day,

I am from Hong Kong, a Chinese, I have a Mutual business proposal am
proposing to you that i want you to handle from your country, I will
like to see your consent first. I have a serious business proposal for
you to manage and handle for me in your country.

This project involves a huge specific amount which i can not mention
for security reasons. Its involve a transaction from my bank in Hong
Kong, Am a Chinese man and we are bound by laws here.

If you feel you can have this handled, please let me know, so that i
can send you an attached comprehensive details of this transaction.

you can send your response to my office email:lanlee70@yahoo.com.hk

Sincerely,

Lan Lee

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam