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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "liang lei" <liang_lei340@msn.com>
Reply-To: lianlei@aim.com
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:33:12 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

Ref: WWC/ WWA/A23/006

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Liang Lei, Executive Director of WANWA EXPORT LIMITED.We are a group
of business men who deal on import and export of raw materials into the
Canada/America and Europe. We are searching for representatives who can help
us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Canada/America and
Europe as well as making payments through such representative to us.

If you are interested in transacting business with us, we will be very
glad.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 you for your services as our representative for
Canada/America and Europe. Please do show your interest by forwarding to us
your:

1: Full Names
2: Phone numbers/fax
3: Your full contact address.

We thank you in advance for your time.

Yours Sincerely

Mr.Liang Lei
Executive Director


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