419 scam: "Mrs. Fen Lee"<rebeca.kones@gmail.com> From/ Mrs.Fen Lee

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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: "Mrs. Fen Lee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fenlee74@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 14:58:07 -0000
Subject: From/ Mrs.Fen Lee

Hello, I'm Mrs.Fen Lee from China, but my husband is from your Philippine, and we live in Dubai (U.A.E) I lost my husband in 2016. Meanwhile, I struggled with cancer for a long time, and my doctor said, I have only few more months to live, but I have money that I want to donate to a charity work, I want you to help me deal with charity with my money before I die. Thank you for your attention to my situation, I want to give my money to help the less well-off people in your country." I pray that God will give you a kind heart to deal with this project with sincerity to help poor people. You must take 20% of the total money for your personal use and use the rest for charity work." Please do not let bad friends or family members deceive you to use all the money for yourself because the consequences will be on you. I will contact the manager of my bank to find out the best way to send money to you in your country. Dear, please keep it a secret, do not tell anyone about this until
you get and save the money.
I awaits to receive your mail.
Regards
Mrs Fen

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