419 scam: "DR. LEE HONG" <dr.hleee@gmail.com> YOUR BROTHER

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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:
- "good day friend" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "DR. LEE HONG" <dr.hleee@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.leehng@yahoo.com.my
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:12:11 +0600
Subject: YOUR BROTHER

Good Day Friend,

I am DR. LEE HONG, a chief accountant of our bank, A deceased client of our
bank, a national of your country,whom you share the same last name
with.My late
Client has a deposit of ($18.5MILLION) Eighteen Million And Five Hundred
Thousand Dollar lodged in the bank here in Malaysia .

A wealthy business man who died as the result of a heart-related condition on
march 12th 2005.his heart condition was due to the death of all the members of
his family in the tsunami disaster|.:
FOR MORE INFOMATION VISIT THE WEB SITE :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

Contact me for more information.

Yours sincerely.
DR. LEE HONG
Account Manager

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