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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: =?utf-8?q?mr=20hua=20kuang=20kuang?= <sinosteeltradingcompany2005@yahoo.com.my>
Reply-To: sinosteeltradingsstc@yahoo.ie
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 05:27:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED URGENTLY!!!!


Saya ada alamat e-mel baru!Sekarang anda boleh kirimkan saya e-mel di: sinosteeltradingcompany2005@yahoo.com.my

Dear sir/madam,


how are you doing?I am Mr. hua kuang,a chinese businessman involved in the production and exportation of semi finish steel products to europe,canada and america and all other countries.I really need representatives in these regions/provinces for my business to suceed as it is now and that is the reason why i am contacting you now.I am looking for a man/woman who istrustworthy to be in charge of receiving cash on my company's behalfin his/her country.if you know you you are not trustwothy pleasedo not bother to reply at all because a lot of money is involved here.all I amasking you is if you would like to earn 10% of any amount you help mecollect from my customers.


before things were not as difficult as this for us exporters in the east because checks from these countries never took any time before they cleared in our territory but now it takes weeks andthis slows down production for us.some of these customers even sendchecks that will not clear eventually at the end of the day and thiscreates more financial problems for us eastern businessmen.The best part ofthis job offer is that you do not have to leave your present place ofemployment because it is on a part-time basis.You can ask any question concerning the areas where you are not clear and I assure you that I will answer them to the best of my knowledge.thank you.Please if you are interested forward to us.

Your full name..................................................

Phone number....................................

Fax number...........................................

And your full contact address............................................

occupation................................................................

YOU CAN CONTACT US ON THIS EMAIL:sinosteeltradingsstc@yahoo.ie


Mr hua kuang.

SINO STEEL TRADING COMPANY.

www.cmiec.com

NB:PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE U.S.A.,CANADA,EUROPE OR AUSTRALIA ALL OTHER COUNTRIES.THESE ARE THE ONLY PLACES WHERE I NEED REPRESENTATIVES.OUR COMPANY'S LINE OF BUSINESS IS VERY LUCRATIVE AND YOU WILL NOT REGRET BEING A MEMBER OF THE TEAM




- mr hua kuang kuang


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