419 scam: Chen Wei <Weihenc@outlook.com> Letter of Intent,

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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: Chen Wei <Weihenc@outlook.com>
Reply-To: so00123@foxmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:03:11 +0200
Subject: Letter of Intent,

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Dear Colleague,

Hope you will acknowledge the receipt of this letter in good health.
In view of my
correspondence with you, I unassumingly solicit for your utmost
consideration, as this
letter serves as my formal notice of my intent to go into a
multinational investment
with you in your country. Let me know if you are interested to discuss
the possibility
of entering into a joint venture partnership.

By the way Introduction, I am Mr. Chen Wei, Employee Director,
Assistant President-CNOOC
of China National Offshore Oil Corp.,(CNOOC),

Website:http://en.cnooc.com.cn/data/html/english/channel_199.html

Optimistically, I am interested to discuss about Joint Venture
investment partnership
with you if you find it worthwhile to work with a high profile Chinese towards
establishing a good business relationship. Kindly do let me know if
you are interested
in this proposal so I can furnish you with details in direction with
legal procedures as
I demand for transparent and professional business cooperation in the future.
Looking forward to your response.

Respectfully,

Chen Wei
Employee Director, Assistant President-CNOOC
No. 25, Chaoyangmenbei Dajie, Dongcheng
District, Beijing 100010 P. R.China.

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