419 scam: wang wei-english <wangw@china.org.cn> I NEED YOUR QUICK RESPOND

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: wang wei-english <wangw@china.org.cn>
Reply-To: paullcompaoree@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 22:39:35 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR QUICK RESPOND

Dear Friend,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you, I know this message will sounds very strange to you, but I
have no choice than to risk my life to choose a stranger like you I have
never seen you before or meeting with you. I received encouraging
information about you and how trusts worthy you are. I am delighted with
such useful information. I am Foreign Operations Manager of Banque
Internationale du Burkina (BIB/UBA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

We live in a global world today, and with the help of internet
technology one can easily communicate with one another all around the
world without knowing him or she in person, what matters will be the
trust and the Information¡¯s you got about the person. In this case we
can understand our self and work like one family.

I want to transfer US$10.5 Million to your bank account. The fund
belongs to our deceased customer who died with his entire family in Iraq
War 2006, leaving nobody for the claim and as such, I decided to contact
you to enable us claim these fund. Your share is 40% while 60% for me.
This transaction is 100% risk free.

Contact me for more details.

Best Regards,

Thanks,
Mr. Paul Compaoree
Banque Internationale du Burkina (BIB/UBA) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Tel:+226 79 19 53 92.
NB: The fund is free from drug and laundering related offences.

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