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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: "WILLIAMS LEE" <jenni@reedtribe.org>
Reply-To: chanleeinvest_official@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:35:10 +0100
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED!!!




Dear Friend,

I am Williams Baker Lee,the chief executive officer of
Chanlee Investment China.My company deals on Cotton
and Textile materials and we also import and export raw
materials into Canada, America,Asia and Europe.
We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our costumers in the
Canada, America, Asia and Europe as well as making
payments through you to us.Payment will either be made
through certified cheque or in cash.

Please if you are interested in transacting business
with us we will be very glad. Please contact us for more
information. Subject to your satisfaction you will be
entitled to 10% of every payment made through you to
our company.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are interested, fill the following
informations
and send to my private e-mail ( williamslee_info@yahoo.com.hk )for
proper
registration:

NAME:
...................................................................
MAILING ADDRESS:...............................................
AGE:.......................................................................
SEX:.................................................................
STATE/COUNTRY:....................................................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS:................................................
CELL PHONE:...........................................................
COMPANY NAME: ...................................................
OCCUPATION: ..........................................................

I await your urgent response.

Regards.

Mr.Williams Baker Lee,
Managing Director.
Chanlee Investment,
299 Jingjiang Road Hubei,
Shangai 2644 China.






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