The fake "Mr. Ping Huango" email below is a scam. Recipients are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by scammers who are impersonating the real person and who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money or personal information. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.
A "Mr. Ping Huango" Advance-Fee Scam
From: Mr. Ping Huang [jccle.ment@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 2:21 AM
Subject: Hello Dear
Hello Dear
Greetings,
My name is Engr. Ping Huang, I am a citizen of Australia, a business man specialized in oil and gas; but now I am critically sick with esophageal cancer which has damaged almost all the cells in my body system.
My late wife died in an accident with our two daughters few years ago leaving me with our only son whom is just 11 years old, and he is my most concern now as he is still a child and does not know anything about live and has nobody to take care of him if I died; because I and my late wife does not have any relatives, we both grew up in the orphanage home and got married under orphanage as orphans. So if I die now my innocent child would be left alone in this wicked world and I do not wish to send him to any orphanage home, I want him to grow up in the hands of an individual, not orphanage.
Please, I am begging you in the name of God to sincerely accept my proposal; let me instruct my bank to wire transfer my fund worth the sum of US$ 10,000,000.00 (TEN MILLION DOLLARS) to your account immediately, then you will take my son to your home and raise him as your own son.
As soon as the fund is transferred to your own bank account, you shall take 30% of the total amount transferred to your account as my representative and the trustee of my son, and use 70% for the up keep of my little son.
Please reply immediately with your full data if you agree to help me, so that we can arrange for the transfer of the fund to your own bank account before anything happens to me, because I will undergo surgery by next week, and I do not know what will be the result of the surgery as the doctor has told me already that I may not survive.
Please i wait to hear from you now, it's a matter of urgency.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Ping Huang