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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. Jiming Xu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jimngxu58732@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:41:48 +0700
Subject: Re: Business Investment Proposal

Dear Colleague,

Hope you will acknowledge the receipt of this letter in good health.
In view of my correspondence with you, I unassumingly solicit for your utmost
consideration, as this letter serves as my formal notice of my intent to go into a
multinational investment with you in your country. Let me know if you are interested to discuss the possibility of entering into a joint venture partnership.

By the way Introduction, I am Mr.Jiming Xu, Chief of Discipline & Inspection Group,
China National Petroleum Corporation.,(CNPC),

Optimistically, I am interested to discuss about Joint Venture investment partnership with you if you find it worthwhile to work with a high profile Chinese towards
establishing a good business relationship. Kindly do let me know if you are interested in this proposal so I can furnish you with details in direction with
legal procedures as I demand for transparent and professional business cooperation in the future.
Looking forward to your response.

Respectfully,

Jiming Xu
Chief of Discipline & Inspection Group
9 Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District,
Beijing, P.R.China.(CNPC)












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