419 scam: "WING LU BANK"<noreply@winglubank.com> Re Dear beneficiary are you, DEAD OR ALIVE

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- shirleyleung84@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WING LU BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <shirleyleung84@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 19:23:09 -0700
Subject: Re Dear beneficiary are you, DEAD OR ALIVE

This notification message is from the Gulf bank UK, Your name is enlisted among the beneficiary whose fund is approved for payment, by the Board of Governors of Wing Lung Bank, and we have been waiting to hear from you on your payment claim which is $ 28 Million dollar.

Surprisingly one regie Billingsley came forward to claim ownership of the fund, that you asked her to claim the fund on your behalf with documentary evidence which we are not sure of it source.This was why we decided to contact you to confirm if you really sent Regie Billingsley. I discovered also that your file has never been attend to, for payment for the past 2 years.

I will advertise the below account details by News mail, why i also advice that you change your email password, because your email is been used to write to us, but because of the name on the email account, we decided to deem it fit to confirm if you are aware about this unholy development.

Bank name: Wells Fargo Bank
Address: 245 N Main St. Canton Illinois 61520
Account name: Regie Billingsley
Address, 20206 Hickory School Road, Industry, Illinois 61440
Routing # 071101307
Account # 8622062902

Most importantly, confirm to us urgently if you gave permission to Regie Billingsley to claim the fund on your behalf and in case you did not authorize anybody, then, You will have to stop Communicating With The Impersonators And The Organizations.
They Are Trying To Divert Your Fund To Themselves. She Tries,doing everything humanly possible To Change The Fund Ownership To Her Name.

We Await Your Prompt Response, through my private email id; shirleyleung84@yahoo.com

We Will Direct You To Any Of Our Payment Center Close to You where you need be physically present to received your payment in cash and as well sign all the necessary fund release documents.

Yours in Service

Ms Shirley leung

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