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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Woo Lee" <woolee@cmiec-company.com>
Reply-To: woolee_cmiec@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:13:01 +0000
Subject: WORK WITH US!

Dear Friend,
I am Woo Lee,foreign relation officer of CMIEC Ltd,located in China.
A Company that is specialized in the suppliers of machinery for the
PVC-u
and Aluminum Window trades. We are a company who deal on a selection of
aluminium processing machinery and measuring equipment,a selection of
PVC-u processing machinery and measuring equipment and a selection of
PVC-u & Aluminium processing machinery and measuring equipment(over three
hundred machines) and the exportation of these products into
Canada/America and other European countries, being a General Merchantile
Company.
We are currently running our business from our UNITED KINGDOM office
where we are located for now.We are searching for representatives who can
help us
establish a medium of getting to our customers in Canada/America, Asia
and Europe as well as making payments through you to us.
Please if you are interested in transacting business with us we will be
glad to be your partners.Please contact us for more information,Subject
to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate
your mode of which we will pay for your services as our
representative in Canada/America and Europe.
Please if you are interested, acknowledge the receipt of this email for
further instuctions from Board of Directors of CMIEC Ltd.
You can visit our website on: http://www.cmiec.iwarp.com/index.html
Please note that your areas of specialization or occupation is of no
relevance to resolve to assisting us.
Thanks in advance
Woo Lee,
foreign relation office
FOR SAFETY AND CONFIDENTIAL REASONS PLEASE SEND YOUR
RESPONSE TO ONLY
MY DIRECT AND CONFIDENTAIL EMAIL ADDRESS AT
woolee_cmiec@yahoo.co.uk
THANKS


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