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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: pui cheung <cheung_360@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:26:56 +0800 (CST)
Subject: STILL AVAILABLE


CHINA METALLURGICAL IMPORT & EXPORT COMPANY

ATTN :VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Compliment of the season. Well what we are actually asking you to do for us is to become our International Representative. We have supplied so many individuals and companies various raw materials and we hardly find time to contact them as we are always keen on making more investment. This then prompted us to use individuals like you in reaching out to these people most of whom have only made part payment.

Believe me AMARJIT that this might not be an easy task as it might sometimes coincide with present job but I can assure you that your effort will be rewarded accordingly and acknowledge by us.

What is expected from you as our Representative is to help us contact our clients who owe us and demand that payment of our fund be made through you to us. For every fund you help us to recover, we pay a total of 10% to you as our Representative.
Please be informed that these clients have all be informed in this regards and they have been asked to co-operate with you. I am very much sure that with this mail there won't be reason not to get us acquited with your marital status, age, occupation, identity card or recent passport, postal address, telephone number as well as your personal account details that fund can be transfered into by client. An empty account can be usefull.
On our receipt of these details, we shall forward to you a memorandum of understanding for you to sign so as to comfirm you are really interested in being our sales representative moreso, your contact information as well as your account details to our clients so that they can contact and effect payment through you to us.

We hope that you have understood the contents of this mail and that you will act according to it.Awaiting your quick response.

Thanks and remain blessed.

Cheung Pui.



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