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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Lee baker" <lee_baker2000@msn.com>
Reply-To: oscarvator@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:39:11 +0000
Subject: RE:Good Day

 
From The Desk Of:
Lee Baker
Secretary of China National Petroleum Corporation(CNPC)
 
Good day,
 
It's a great pleasure to write to you in respect of our organisation China National Petroleum Corporation(CNPC). We are extra-large petroleum and petrochemical group corporation. As a giant national Company, CNPC is engaging in both upstream and downstream operations, import and export transactions and production and marketing activities, and CNPC is run under modern enterprise mechanism, with its business activities spreading in regions of the country and abroad, crossing different industries and in diversified forms of ownership.
 
We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting our funds from our clients in the America, Canada, Europe E.T.C as well as making payments through these representatives to us.
 
If interested in transacting business in view of helping us, so our clients could make payment to
you being our representative, we will be very glad. Compensations will be given and other
benefits.
 
I will want you to send me the informations about yourself, if you are interested, the
informations I need about you is listed below:
Your Full Name:
Your Age:
Your Occupation:
Your Marital Status:
Your Home Address:
Your Mailing Address:
Your Phone/Mobile/Fax Numbers:
 
Please details requested to me via email (lee_baker30@yahoo.com), so that a remuneration can be worked out for your services as our representative in Canada/America/Europe as your location shall determine.
 
We anticipate your earliest response in this regard.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Lee Baker

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