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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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Fraud email example:

From: "AROMATIC FOODS PROCESSING CO. LTD." <shehzadkhan@shehzadkhan.net>
Reply-To: shezy@aromaticfood.org
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:55:29 +0000
Subject: JOIN US NOW...




Dear Friend,

              OFFER FOR REPRESENTATION

Thank you for wanting to be one of us. I represent AROMATIC FOODS LIMITED based in Thailand, and is a major frozen/seafood exporter. Today the company has presence with retail and wholesale frozen food businesses in parts of Asia, We produce the freshest and finest fish  and shrimps from nearby sources to support its production process.

We exports products such as frozen foods such as fresh water fish, Shrimp/Prawns, Spring roll pastry, Halal Poultry/Meats and various ethnic food products, etc for world trade.

In order to increase the variety of its products, the company invested in a new facility and the most advanced technology to produce some new products from Surimi.  The new line of value added products includes Kamaboko, Imitation Crab Stick, Chikuwa, Fish Chips, Fish Cakes, Seafood  Balls, Fish Balls, and other value added products. We export this products into the following countries Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, France, Spain, Netherland, Russia, Australia and New Zealand.

Due to increase  demands of our products in America and Canada, we deceided to move our products often into the continent of America. By so doing, we are looking for someone who can serve as an in-country representative who will be  serveing  as a link between us and our customers
within that province. It is upon this note that we are writing you this mail to seek your assitance in representing our company in your locality. 

Please note that as a distributor you  will be entitled to a basic salary of 48,000USD a year.That is 4,000 dollars monthly and 5% of any amount you receive from customers on behalf of  the company as payments for outstanding debts or goods that they want to buy.

As a distributor our company, your basic functions are as follows:

1 Maintenance of a sales office. The company will be responsible for the cost

2 Assume responsibility for all sales office

3 Lastly, contacting clients on behalf of the company who are ready to make payments or wanting to pay for products they purchase from the company.

To facilitate the conclusion of this transaction if accepted, do send me mail with the following information:

1 Your Full name and present occupation
2 Telephone number and Fax
3 Contact address
4 Age
5 Marital status
6 Lastly, letting us know if you are free from crime

Thanks for your time

Yours Sincerely,

Shezy Khan

Sales Manager.

Aromatic Products Limited

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