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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: "XCHENG YANG" <xchengyang899@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:37:57 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

FROM:MR. XCHENG YANG(PRESIDENT)

XCHANG GRAND IMPORT AND EXPORT GOODS COMPANY

23RD FL, 363 JAVA RD, NORTH POINT HONG KONG

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

I AM MR. XCHENG YANG, WE ARE A GROUP OF BUSINESS MEN WHO DEAL ON RAW
MATERIALS AND EXPORT INTO AMERICA,CANADA,EUROPE AND ASIA. WE ARE
SEARCHING FOR REPRESENTATIVES WHO CAN HELP US ESTABLISH A MEDIUM OF
GETTING TO OUR COSTOMERS IN YOUR COUNTRY, AS WELL AS MAKING PAYMENTS THROUGH
YOUTO US.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TRANSACTING BUSINESS WITH US WE WILL BE VERY
GLAD. CONTACT OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICER IN UNITED KINGDOM.

MR. MICHEAL BROWN

THROUGH E-MAIL ( michealbrown899@walla.com)

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.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED FORWARD TO US YOUR PHONE NUMBER/FAX AND
YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS.

THANKS

XCHENG YANG, PRESIDENT

XCHANG GRAND IMPORT AND EXPORT GOODS COMPANY

GOODS FOR IMPORT / EXPORT & FREIGHT FWDG. SVCS


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