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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: "MR LIU PUNG" <pung_liu@mail.md>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 15:50:43 +0000
Subject: Re: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE OFFER


Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

First i must thank you for picking up the consideration to be our payment officer via our costumers who are already and able to pay some of the outstanding bills. Well we are an organisation that started years ago although there are quite some numbers of such organisations here in Hong Kong but ours is made with a difference. We are the mother company of this organization which is the WING KONG TRADING COMPANY. which was established years ago.

The position is still available if you want to be Our reprensentative in your country.

All you have to do to apply is send the following to us here in Hong Kong.
1.full names
2.contact address
3.phone number
4.marital status
5.sex
6.age
7.Fax number if availble

Our customers/debtors in your location would be making payments to us(WING KONG TRADING COMPANY) through you for metallurgical equipments bought from us.

You woild be given 10% of each payment made to us through you.Also we can give you an opporturnity for you to choice the way you want to be paid for this services.

FROM MR LIU PUNG
MANAGER WING KONG TRADING COMPANY.


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