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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.kelvin micheal" <kelvin_micheal3@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kelvin_micheal4@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 22:33:06 +0000
Subject: Soliciting For Representative In States.

China Agricultural And Petro-chemical Industry Incorporated.
Room 401, 20# Zhonghe St.Yizhuang Economical
Development Zone. Daxing, Beijing, China.

UNITED KINGDOM OFFICE.
FLAT 5,7&8 MARVIN HOUSE.
132, OLD OXFORD STREET.
LONDON, X2P5BP.
ENGLAND.

The requirements for the candidates are:
-Being energetic,responsible,honest and industrious.
-Being under 80 years old.
-Having a few (1-2) spare hours a day.
-Having a landline or a mobile phone.
-Having an email.
-Having valid home address.

Once you are able to attribute to yourself and meet all the above-listed requirement,

you should probably try to apply for an offered position....,our company remains one of the most successful distributors. We manufacture, supply and export Pharmaceutics, Agricultural, Textile and Chemical Engineering Products for world trade.....Recently our company profit has increased so much that we decided to expand into the markets of Malaysia, Australia,Russia,Senegal and Spain. We are always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling our products to Americans,they are always offering to pay with a US MONEY ORDER and CASHEIRS CHECK, which is difficult for us to cash here in China,Russia, Malaysia and United Kingdom.

I am looking for a representative in the states who will be working for me as a part time worker and i will be willing to pay %10 for every transaction, which wouldnt affect ur present state of work. I mean someone who would help us recieve payments from our customers in the states.Someone that is responsible and reliable,because the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive, i am working on how to setup a branch in the states, so for now i need a representative in the united states who will be handling the payment aspect. These payments are in money order or cashier check, and they would come to you in your name, so all you need do is cash the money order deduct your percentage and wire the rest back.It <http://back.It> wouldnt cost you any amount, u are to receive payments which will be sent to u by fedex or UPS from my business patners, which would come in form of a money order or cashier check then u are to cash it and send the cash to me via
western union money transfer or moneygram money transfer,all charges for the wiring will be covered by China Agricultural And Petro-Chemical Industry Incorporated.

if you are interested, i will forward the Company forms which you will need to fill and send back to me.

Best Regards
China Agricultural And Petro-Chemical Industry Incorporated.
Very Respectfully,
Mr. Kelvin Micheal.
(Marketing Manager)


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