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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: Xiaolin Yang <sinosteelhrd4@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 16:37:12 +0800 (CST)
Subject: VICTIM-FULLNAME, REPLY TO YOUR MAIL.



Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,
I thank you for your prompt reply to my mail, It really shows that you are serious minded. I will go straight to the point.

We are a company involved in the processing, import and export of various metallurgical products, equipments, spare parts, mechanical and electrical products, nonferrous products as well as metallurgical technology. Import of raw materials as iron ore, manganese ore, pig iron, steel billet, blooms and scraps, copper scraps and cathode, aluminum oxide and metallurgical equipments and spare parts. Processing with metallurgical and nonferrous raw materials supplied by the customers.

We need you as our representative in your resident country. We have decided on this because we have been having a lot of problems handling business from that part of the world for lack of proper representation.
Our main aim is to cover the markets the world over with our quality supplies.

You really do not need any formal knowledge for this job, You are to handle all businesses concerning CMIEC in your area. Our clients pay through you to us and we pay through you to our clients for 10% to you for business transacted through you.

If you are interested in this business please send the following to us immediately:

Your full Names
Your Address
Your phone number and fax

I now expect your immediate reply. Thank you for your co-operation.

Mr.Yang Xiaolin.
Human Resource Manager.





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