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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: "mike zinn" <kelvinstore_us@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mike_zinn_uk@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:33:28 +0000
Subject: (FROMACTEXOTEXTILELIMITEDPATNERSHIPREQUEST)


ACTEXOTEXTILE WORLD INC.

OFFICE
34 Parliament Street,
York, YO18SG,UK
Email: mike_zinn_uk@yahoo.com

Hello/ Sir / Ma
How are you,My name is Mike Zinn and I owned a company that sells Chinese
and African textile and fabric material in Hong kong,I am looking for a
trustworthy representative in USA /Canada that can help as a link between me
and my client over there.i would like to know if you are interested to work
from home for us ACTEXO TEXTILE LIMITED needs a book-keeper or
representative in the states,so I want to know if you will like to work on
line from home and getting paid weekly without leaving or affecting your
present job? I presently run a textile and fabrics firm in Hong Kong and we
need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in
Canada/USA

My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and
traditional costumes.We have clients we supply weekly in the states and
myclients make payments for our supplies every week in form of money orders
or cashiers check which are not readily cashable outside the US or Canada,so
we need someone in the States/Canada to work as our representative and
assist us in processing the payments from our clients and I will pay him/her
a weekly wage, by percentage.

All you need to do is receive this payment from our clients in the States or
Canada and get it cashed in your bank or a cashing center then deduct your
10% and forward the balance to the company down here via money gram or
western union money transfer.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your
bank, deduct your 10% of the initial capital and forward the balance to the
company by money transfer.

So all I need is to forward your information to our numerous clients in
thestates or Canada and they will contact you before they issue payment in
form of money order or cheques then send it via courier or mail to you.

If accepted I will need your full name, address and phone number so we
canforward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as
the company representative in the states.

BELOW IS AN ATTACHED LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR
COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY
OF YOUR VALID IDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT.

AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU, I WILL LETYOU KNOW AND I
WILL
GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA MONEYGRAM OR
WESTERN UNION MONEYTRANSFER.
NB:Please reply me via my yahoo email : mike_zinn_uk@yahoo.com
Thanks and I await your sooner response.
Fin/sec.
Actexotextile limited
United Kingdom
private tellephone 44-7040104335
Mr Mike Zinn



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