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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 Grant Woo Young" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chinaproducts_sales@@admin.in.th>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:06:37 -0800
Subject: Company Representative Required (Work From Home)

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a legal representative of China Metallurgical Import and Export
Company. They have requested that we -Grant Partners & Co Solicitors -
act on their behalf in recruiting capable and dynamic Sales Advisers.
They specialize in exporting quality products at relatively low
prices. We have been assigned the responsibility of helping them
recruit Sales Advisers in Europe and North America. Due to the
ever-increasing customer base in America,canada and Europe they are
searching for (sales) representatives to assist in meeting the ever
increasing
customer demand for their products. Also it has been very difficult dealing
with customers in this region from China because of both time difference
and language barrier.Headquartered in Zhejiang China, we invite you to
join China
Metallurgical asa Representative. If you opt to join China Metallurgical as a
Representative, your basic task will be Processing Orders and
Receiving Paymentson behalf of China Metallurgical. Please note, in
particular, that for
every transaction processed, you will receive 10% of the total
amount. You can learn more about us at:
www.allproducts.com/prc/cmiezhejiang/supplier.html.
If this proposal sounds interesting to you, then take the
first big step and contact us at  chinaproducts_sales@admin.in.th  or chinametallurgical@admin.in.th
 
 
with thefollowing details
1. Your Name
2. Your Address
3. Your Telephone Number and Fax
4. Your Age
5.Occupation
6.Company Name
 
Our business development manager for your region will get in touch and
discuss all the sales prospects with you as soon as we hear anything
from you.
Yours truly,
Grant Young
Email : chinaproducts_sales@admin.in.th  or chinametallurgical@admin.in.th
 
 

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