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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: "SINOPEC CO.LTD" <sinopec321@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sinopec_contact@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:35:04 -0600
Subject: REQUIRED:COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE










Sinopec Co., Ltd. A6 Hui xin East St. Chaoyang District,100029, BeijingCHINA.Dear Sir/Madam, Sinopec 2006/2007. Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you, I am Mr.Su Wensheng Employee Representative Supervisor of Sinopec Company Limited. We deal on crude oil and raw materials and export into the various continents.

We import this products into the World Trade Market at large and due to the high demands of our products , we have been able to acquire outlets all over Europe,Asia and America. And as at today, there are so many SINOPEC branches, including its Asia-Pacific headquarters.

Due to the high rate of success in the last fiscal year of trading in the UNITED STATES, NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA, CANADA, EUROPE(Germany, and United Kingdom), and ASIA , we have decided to embark on major expansion plans in these Regions even as the global economy is showing optimistic signs of pick-up.

We are hereby soliciting for your assistance to help collect in the collecting and remittance of payments for goods supplied and services rendered to our customers in UNITED STATES, NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA, CANADA, EUROPE(Germany, and United Kingdom), and ASIA.

We want to bring to your notice that this position does not require any relevant experience and it is best suited for all { graduates, professionals and non graduates}, and it can be done as on a FULL TIME or PART TIME basis, depending on your personal schedule.


If you deem you are fit enough for this job, I will want you to furnish me with your particulars, so as to enable me give you further details. You are to note that our major criteria for acceptance is HONESTY and TRUST, hence we expect you to possess these characters because we intend creating and building a very strong and lasting business relationship between our company and you.

Note that after all certification processes and we are eventually convinced you fit for this position,you would be placed on a 10% commission for any payment received by you, from any of our clients/customers, this will be followed alongside start up annual salary of $30,000 per year.
Please contact us for more information via email with the below in formations filled out.sinopec_contact@yahoo.com.cn
FULL NAMES: RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (Including Zipcode): AGE: MARITAL STATUS: STATE/COUNTRY: HOME TEL NUMBER (Personal) : MOBILE NUMBER : FAX NUMBER: COMPANY NAME (If any): COMPANY TEL NUMBER:COMPANY FAX NUMBER:OCCUPATION:
MONTHLY INCOME:

We look forward to working with you.Mr. Mr.Su Wensheng
Employee Representative Supervisor,Sinopec Company Limited. N: B-- We are assuring you that at no time will you be required to make any payments of your personal funds to us to become our staff for whatever reasons, we are legitimate entrepreneur seeking for a trustworthy foreign partners/relationship on a long term bases.
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