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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: Zhang MrJerry <shinetech_services@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:21:09 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FURTHER DETAILS


Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

How are you doing today hope all is well?I want to thank you for having the time to reply us.The position is still vacant and i would want you to furnish us with yourcontact details as soon as you recieve this mail.


NAME:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
TEL:
FAX:
AGE:
COMPANY'S NAME/ADDRESS&WEBSITE:
POSITION HELD:
MONTHLY INCOME:
DRIVERS LINCENSE NO:
PASSPORT:
NO OF CHILDREN:
CAN YOU TRAVEL OUT OF
YOUR COUNTRY?:
EMAIL:
STATUS:

Awaits your urgent reponse in working
with us.
Thanks in advance.
Mr. Jerry Zhang
President & general
manager
Shine Technologies China.
Zhongqi Building Xinde Street No. 20\
West City District , Beijing 100088
Email:shinetech_services@yahoo.com.
cn







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