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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: liang chen <chenliang_importhk1@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:55:38 +0800 (CST)
Subject: REF: HK244 USA/CANADA


Dear VICTIMNAME singh,
Thanks alot for your swift response to our proposition. We are prepared to employ your services as our Representative for CANADA & UNITED STATES, after putting things in place with you and we are also ready to follow every applicable laws of CANADA & UNITED STATES as well as European continent. We would be glad to deal with you and having you as our representative for this region.

Before I proceed further let me start by Introducing myself. My name is Chen Liang, I am the Second Vice President of Hong Kong Mettalurgical Import & Export Company. About our line of business, My company export raw materials such as Iron Ore, Calcite,Barytes, Manganese Dioxide,Dolomite Mica,China Clay,Mangnese Dioxide,Ferrous (Iron ) Oxide directly from Hong Kong to Canada and the United States.The various industries we cater for includes Paints, Rubber, Plastics,Construction & chemicals industries.

We need a reliable and compentent representative to make direct collection on our behalf and acting under the full approval of our firm after all necessary modalities have being put in place between you and the company and after entering into an agreement confirming this deal.

We are currently having problems between our local staffs overhere in Hong Kong and customers from these regions as a result of language barrier and different cultural backgrounds thereby causing delays in payments from our propespective customers from this region and also as a result of the delays it takes for these checks to get cleared overhere in Hong Kong thereby causing delays in our supply channel.

On the advice of an expert we started making neccessary contact to prospective candidate that will make direct collections on our behalf for a commission of 10% and remitting the balance into our account via electronic transfer,so that we can serve our customers in these region more efficiently as a result of the fast means of picking up our cash thereby allowing for a constant cash inflow as well as outflows and making business more profitable and beneficial for all parties involved. Clients normally make payment to us via Companies check which we would instruct them to issue in your favour in the capacity of our representative for this region.

Please if you are interested forward to us your following details:
1.Full Names:
2.Contact Address:
3.Company name:
4.phone & Fax Numbers, for faster communication:
5.Scanned copy of Identification:

This is exactly how our transaction will hold, and If you feel you can carry out this responsibility kindly provide the requested scanned identication card.
Sir, We are very confident to work with your most esteemed company/individual and employing your services as our representative for both Canada / United States. On agreement, You shall be collecting payments on our behalf depending on the client we have at hand and as well as the volume of transaction involved, We normally handles transaction for now to a maximum of USD$1,000,000.00 and below As the case may be. As your 10% will be applicable for any amount of funds collected on our behalf after signing a Legal Agreement Clause, which i shall be sending to you as soon as you comfirm the receipt of this mail, and remitting the balance into an account to be provided for you by the firm via electronic wire transfer. After confirming the requested details, I will be having the liberty to discuss with you personally over the phone for further instructions.

I await your timely response if you feel you can act on this capacity and please always quote this REF: HK244 USA/CANADA. On every one of our correspondences hencefort as it represents your REPRESENTATIVE CODE at our firm.

Thanking you both for accepting this offer as we send our greetings from Hong Kong.

Regards,
Chen Liang


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