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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: "Mr.Jonathan Williams" <info_wellkang_international@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:22:34 +0000
Subject: Company Representative Needed

WELLKANG INTERNATIONAL
suite B 29 Harley Street
LONDON W1G 9QR
England.
www.wellkang.com


WELLKANG INTERNATIONAL is one of the most successful company in the
Europe,who deals on consumer goods commodities as well as label production
and certification of industrial products from highly using world-class
manufacturing (WCM) methods such as single minute exchange of die (SMED)
from Art and Craft processes with production of Rubber and PVC profiles,
seals and body trimmings for automobiles. Due to the expansion of our
services and streamlining of our official task/routines before us. we
started recruitment for the position of the credible Payment
/representative Officer in your country.


The requirements for employees are:
1. Honest, responsible and dedicated
2. Having no problem with the authorities
3. Having a bank account to receive payment (Company
account is an advantage)
4. Having a business or mobile phone


While working for us you are supposed to receive payments from our clients
from the information
forwarded to you from our office. This scheme seems for us to be the most
efficient, since it guarantees the fastest delivery of payments from our
customers and also allows avoiding the major delays in getting the money.
This means that the customers are able to receive the products in the
shortest possible date.


What is your interest?
You will get 6-10% commission from the whole sum of every transaction by
you. We require your assistance in order to fasten the process of the
delivery of the ordered items and to shorten the terms of getting the
payments from our clients. Working for us, you are making money for
yourself.


We are grateful for your attention.Your email has been forwarded by
www.monster.co.uk at our request,because you or somebody else has subscribed
for the delivery of the job offers on the internet.We wish you good luck and
happiness.

Send confirmation email to my Business mailbox .

w_jonathan@linuxmail.org for more information on how you can start as the
company Payment /representative Officer.


Very Respectfully,
Jonathan Williams.
Group Director,
WELLKANG INTERNATIONAL.
http://www.wellkang.com


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