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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: "CMIEC CMIEC" <cmiec6@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:03:13 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL - Representative Needed.

Hello,
I am Dr.Jun Shan Ho,Public Relations Officer, China Metallurgical Export & Import Corporation (CMEIC). We deal on raw materials and we export these products to the Canadian,American and European Markets with our head office located in China. We are interested in employing your services to work with us as our representative, who can help us establish a medium of receiving payment on our behalf for raw materials supplied to our customers in Europe,America,Canada and Australia. We will be very glad if you are interested in this proposal as our representative in your country and you will be given further details in due course.

 Please you have to assure us of your honesty, financial status and employment status, as alot of our customers will be making payments through you in this course of transaction .If you are intrested, kindly contact our procurement officer, Mr.Fei Yeung for more information concerning this transaction ;

CMEIC PROCUREMENT OFFICE.
Mr.Fei Yeung
E-mail:p_officeryeung@cmeic.org

We look forward to working with you.

Regards,
Dr.Jun Shan Ho
(Public Relations Officer).
China Metallurgical Export & Import Corporation (CMEIC).
 

 


 




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