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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:29:07 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: Qinghai Huading Industrial Co., Ltd

Greetings,

I am Dong Zhai, Deputy General Manager at Qinghai Huading Industrial Co., Ltd. China. We are in need of a Reputable Company/Individual in Northern America that can act as our Company Sales/Collection Representative (Intermediary between Qinghai Huading Industrial Co., Ltd and its clients in Canada and the United State of America region).

To know more about the Job Position, kindly send us an email on: dzhaidgm@qq.com

Note: The job will only take few minutes of your time daily. You can Earn Extra income while doing your normal Job/Business

Dong Zhai
Qinghai Huading
Industrial Co., Ltd

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