The 4-1-9 Scam with a Chinese Twist
You might already have heard about the 4-19 scam. If not, it’s a pretty nasty effort to trick people who genuinely want to make money quickly into handing over their hard earned savings. The scam, which originated in
Here’s an example of the 4-1-9 scam we were sent recently allegedly from a guy in
Dear Friend,My name is Mr. Chan Lee, I am a staff of Bank of China, Our late client named Mr. Hamadi Hashem made a fixed deposit amount of $17.3m he did not declare any next of kin in his paper work, I want you as a foreigner to stand as the beneficiary to transfer this funds out of my bank into your account, after the successful transfer, we shall share in the ratio of 30% for you, 70% for me.
All I need from you is your readiness, trustworthiness and dedication.
Please email me directly on my private email address:
(chan_001lee@yahoo.com.hk) so we can begin arrangements and I would give you more information on how we would handle this venture.
Regards,
Chan
Cheers ‘Chan’! Now say we’d responded to this email we would have ended up having to send over cash to open a bank account or cover administrative costs before we could get our cut of the money. And we’re not talking a few quid either. Most victims end up forking out a few grand and in return, get nothing! Certainly not all the millions promised in the email. So if you get an email like this ignore it. Trust us, you will never, ever make money responding to these scams – you’ll always lose out!
If you’re interested in finding out more about online scams as well then check out this site www.intercrime.org. They’ve just released an e-book telling you all about online scams, how they work and most importantly how you can protect yourself from them. Considering the money you could lose if you don’t take care online its well worth the few dollars it costs.
We’ve read the book and there were scams in there we didn’t even know existed! So whenever you open your emails or go online looking for ways to make money, be careful!
Filed under: Bad Scams, Sound Advice, Possible Scams
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