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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Chang Tao-Chung <info-guofeng@zwallet.com>
Reply-To: info-salesmanager@zwallet.com
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:15:04 +0100
Subject: ACT AS OUR COMPANY PAYMENT REPRESENTATIVE


Dear Prospective Representative,

ACT AS OUR COMPANY PAYMENT REPRESENTATIVE

First and foremost, I will like to introduce to you ''Anhui Guofeng Plastic Industry ''. Anhui Guofeng Group Co.Ltd is the State Key High-tech Enterprise and one of 18 Anhui Provincial Enterprise Groups and based in United Kingdom and this commenced operations in 1984. We are into Plastic profile, Plastic film, Plastic pipe, power wire and non-metallic material production which is major imported from Asia and sold to our numerous customers all over the World.

Presently, we are faced with some problems most especially with our Payment methods as most clients we have in the United States/Canada prefer to pay us with cheque rather than cash. We find it very cumbersome in accepting such payments due to the new monetary policy in our banking systems here in U.K and this is crippling our business. We have numerous customers in the United States/Canada including some countries in Europe and we cannot afford to loose them due to this problem.

We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our payment Representatives (Anhui Guofeng Plastic Industry), to act as our clients who shall receive payment on our behalf from our customers in the United States and Canada. You shall be entitled to 10% of each payment you receive on our behalf and this shall be a continuous process.

Upon receipt of this requested information, we shall provide you with the necessary details of how to become our representative. For official purpose, please send your response and acceptance via same email for further procedure.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Chang Tao-Chung
Sales Manager
1st Floor 5 Lower Belgrave Street
London SW1W 0NR
United Kingdom
TEL:+44 703 192 3142

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