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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Young Park" <yngprkyoung@mynet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: younprkyoung@mynet.com
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:27:04 -0800
Subject: BE MY REPRESENTATIVE IN CANADA and USA

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Young Park .I am an exporter, but due to the much of governmental
restrictions on individual trade and also the high rate of controls on
incoming and out going funds in the Chinese environment, I am soliciting the
establishment of a business relationship with you such that my customers
could be making payments through you and you will be remitting same to me
via a means will not disclose the money as being proceeds of exports which
exceed approved export quota. I have customers to the tune of millions USD
.I will be very glad if you can be my representative in your country and
earn 10% of every payment made through you to me. I await your readiness to
proceed with instructing some of my customers who are almost ready to send
some payments. I know it sounds somehow approaching you on the internet,
considering the fact that some people have abused the internet but it is
still the fastest means of contact. Do know that you do not have to invest a
cent in
this business proposition but rather remain honest and keep earning 10% of
every payment that comes through you to me.

Yours Faithfully,

Young Park


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