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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: lee@leesuzuki9.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:29:18 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY(10%)


Good day,

We are Manufactures, exporters and distributors of
Electricalappliances Like Digital
Multimeter, Analogue Multimeter,
Power Supply, Bench. Instrument, Digital Clamp and others from Hong
Kong, Japan. PRECISION MASTECH ENTERPRISES COMPANY (PMEC) was
established in 1987 in Manufacturing analogue and digital multi-meters
and various testing Instruments, we export of these varieties of
product mainly to America,Europe.

We are searching for a reliable
affiliate who can serve as a Partner/debtrecovering agent in your
region, it will attracts you good.Benefits as you involve in this
lucrative venture please, if interested to Work with us in other to
facilitate this onward development you should Indicate your
intentions. fill in the blank spaces below:

NAME OF COMPANY________none________________________
COMPANY ADDRESS_________-________________________
TEL: ____________________________________________
FAX: ____________________________________________
AGE: ____________________________________________
BANK NAME&ADDRESS:________________________________
ACCOUNT#:
HOME ADDRESS:_____________________________
EMAIL ADDRESS:___________________________
To the desk of CEO
Lee Suzuki
Hong Kong
reply email: ceo_pmec001@walla.com
Room 1708-9 Hewlett Center
Hoi Yuen
Rd, Kwun Tong,
Kowloon, Hong
Kong.
Thanks for
your co-
operation.
Lee Suzuki

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