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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: "WING WAN COMPANY CHINA" <info@china.com>
Reply-To: wingwancompany@yahoo.cn
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:41:15 -0400
Subject: RESUME: WORK AND EARN 10%

Good Day, I represent WING WAN COMPANY CHINA, a reputable Company here in the Asia. We
produce and Distribute materials such as batiks Clothing, Assorted Fabrics and
traditional Costume Worldwide. Would you like to work Online from Home and Get paid on
each Transaction? John Honyang Textiles needs a Book-Keeper in the United States, Canada,
South America, Asia, Mexico, Australia and Parts of Europe.

You could work from Home and Getting paid for the Services being rendered without Leaving
or affecting your present Job. You Will Earn 10% Commission of each payment you receive
from our Customers. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED KINDLY SEND US THE INFORMATION
BELOW TO EMAIL ( wingwancompany@yahoo.cn )

(1) Your full name
(2) Contact address
(3) City & State
(4) Zip code
(5) Phone numbers
(6) Occupation
(7) Your Age
(8) Country

Email wingwancompany@yahoo.cn Note: response is to be forwarded to our email.
Thank you for your time.

Mr. WING WAN
wingwancompany@yahoo.cn



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