419 scam: "Mr. Yuen John Cheng."<yuenjohncheng@mail.com> Honorable Beneficiary

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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:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +865466929611 (China, probably a mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Yuen John Cheng." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yuenjohncheng@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 15:05:21 -0600
Subject: Honorable Beneficiary

Attention Beneficiary,

A CHINESE Oil consultant/contractor with the (PRC) Solid Minerals Corporation, Mr. David Moore made a number of times with a (Fixed)Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at $4.900,000:00 (Four Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars) in our branch. Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder we had come to discover from his contract employers, the PRC Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. David Moore died from an automobile accident. Upon further investigation, we found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.

During investigation we discovered that Mr. David Moore did not declare any kin or relatives in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in our Bank. A Worth sum of US$4.9,000,000.00 is still sitting in our Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money must will revert to the ownership of the Chinese Government if nobody applies for claim of funds

To enable us to apply for the funds on your behalf we need you to reconfirm the below information to me quickly so that we may fill them in the bank system, this will enable us to apply the funds for your benefit.

1. Your names in full
2. Your occupation and position at work 3. Office and residential address
4. Date of birth
5. Marital status
6. Your contact numbers at least two.

We wish to state on record that you will be entitled to 50% only of the total sum. whereas the remaining 50% will be for corporation and management settlement, once everything is settled i will fly down to meet you for the official handing over ceremony.

Sincerely,

Mr. Yuen John Cheng.

Group Managing Director/Chief Executive,
Officer Chines Exchange Bank
Phone +86-546-6929611. Fax: +86-546-6922501

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