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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: SOLENOID PLC <solenoidplc@yahoo.com.my>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:08:43 +0800 (CST)
Subject: DETAILS AND PROCEDURE TO WORK WITH US FROM SOLENOID INDUSTRY


Our ref: AF/10S12
Your ref: GRK/72201/MLYS
Date: 09-07-2007........

Dear Alois Gersten,

First i must thank you for picking up the consideration to be our payment officer via our costumers who are already and able to pay some of the outstanding bills. Well we are an organisation that started years ago although there are quite some numbers of such organisations here in malaysia but ours is made with a difference.We have the mother company of this organization which is SOLENOID INDUSTRIAL COMPANY which was established years ago.

Surprise to say that your role in this endeavour is to serve as our agent to get to our customers who buys our product and helping us collecting their outstanding money which they owe to our company,you will be be given a commission of 10% for any payment made to you and you will be given instruction on how to remitte the balance funds to us in turn.

Our constraint has always been a method of payment by several of our foreign clients who we supply our goods. We presently get our payment through checks and draft issued in our favor by our clients but the problem of delay is usually experienced as we are made to wait for up to one month before our local banks here clear the checks/draft. We are loosing a lot of money by doing this as most of our money is produced as short term loan and overdraft from the banks with high interest rate. This scheme seems for us to be the most efficient, since it guarantees the fastest delivery of payments from our customers and also allows avoiding the major delays in getting the money. This means that the customers are able to receive the products in the shortest possible date.

This is in view of our not having an office presently in the US, Canada. You don’t need to have an Office and this certainly won’t disturb any form of work you are doing at the moment.

Please be adviced that we will have to begin the necessary process of approving you as our agent/partner on our receipt of your understanding and your sincere abilities. Upon receipt of your mail we will inform you on the next step to follow as regards our approval for you to being our representative.

Please send down the needed information;
- Contact address Where My customers will be sending payments to:.
- A valid mode of Identification (e.g. Drivers License, passport etc.).
-.Having a functional bank account to receive payment (Company account
is an advantage) that you don't need to disclose to me.

I await your kind and quick response.

Regards,
Ang Chee Ho.
Pub. Sec



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