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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: "MASUDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO. LTD" <masudachemicallndustries_coltd@yahoo.com.hk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: info_chemicalindustries@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 06:12:54 -0800
Subject: OFFER TO ACT AS AN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE

Dear Prospective Legal Representative,

OFFER TO ACT AS AN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE.

I am Mr. Masuda Shinyaku, MD/CEO/PRESIDENT of Masuda Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. Japan.
We are a company that deal on Chemical Products like caustic calcined magnesite, Nicotinic Acid/ niacin and lots more and we also export them into America , Canada , Europe and Asia. But presently, we are been faced with some problems, most especially in the issue of language/Currency Variance and also receiving payments from our international customers who prefer to pay us with other payment methods rather than cash due to the large sums involved.

Presently we find it very cumbersome in receiving these payments from our international customers due to the new monetary policy in our banking systems here in Japan and this is gradually crippling our business. We have numerous customers in America , Canada , Europe and Asia and we cannot afford to loose them due to this problem. So in an attempt in finding a lasting solution, we are currently searching for LEGAL AND OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES who can help us establish an easy medium of getting to our customers in America , Canada , Europe and Asia as well as making payments through the representative to us.

We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our Payment/Remittance Representative to act as our agent who shall receive payments on our behalf from our customers in your region. Do clearly NOTE that this commitment is not time consuming; hence it can be done alongside any other job of yours. Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay you for your services to act as our representative in your region. And in subsequent time to come we will provide you with the privilege of visiting any of the countries where our branches/outlets are located.

Notify your interest in this business offer by sending the following legal information required below to this official e-mail address: info@masudachemicalindustries.net


Representative Informations Required:
1.Full names
2.Age
3.Sex
4.Marital Status:
5.Present Occupation (Company And position)
6.Phone Number/Fax
7.Full Contact Address (Not a P.O.Box).

Further official details will be made known to you upon the receipt of this requested above information. Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Respectfully yours,
Mr. Masuda Shinyaku
MD/CEO/President
MASUDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO. LTD
IMPORT & EXPORT JAPAN.
#55,Takamatsu Toyoma 930-0397,
Tokyo, Japan


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