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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Sir. LI KA-SHING" <infoairposter@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infocharitiess@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 12:50:33 +0100
Subject: FROM SIR. LI KA-SHING FOUNDATION!

My name is Li Ka Shing, a philanthropist and the founder of The
HUTCHSON WHAMPOA LIMITED, CHEUNG KONG HOLDINGS AND The Li Ka-Shing
Foundation One of the largest private foundations in the world. I
believe strongly in giving while living and this is that time when all
that matters is the lives of our people. And we need to do anything
and everything it takes.

Meanwhile, I pledge to contribute from my savings to save lives. I had
nothing when I started and now that I am in this position, how can I
hold back from doing whatever I can for those who have nothing. The
Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic marks an unprecedented time
in modern history that will require the best of humanity to overcome.
The Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has taken thousands of
lives and spread to nearly every country in the world.

Everyone can now support directly the response coordinated, I had one
idea that never changed in my mind that you should use your wealth to
help people and I have decided to secretly give USD $1.9 Million to
randomly selected individual worldwide as new year gift. On receipt of
this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your
email address was chosen online while searching at random.

In addition, Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I
know your email address is valid. { infosirkshing@gmail.com } Email me
after you mighty read about my charities
{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ka-shing#Charities}

Warm Regards,

Sir. LI KA-SHING,
Founder Cheung Kong Holdings
http://www.lksf.org/
Email Me At { infosirkshing@gmail.com }

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