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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: jyu ben <j_yu_ben111@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:56:03 -0600
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED URGENTLY.



Jyuben Woodwork Co.,Ltd.Singsing RdHeng Tang 128 Industrial Park Tong XiaDongguan, Kwangtung, ChinaTel: 86-769-7722116 Dear Sir/Madam, I am Mr.Jyu Ben,managinig director of JYU BEN WOODWORK CO,LTD taiwan/china.
We are a trading company that is into the import and export of goods like funiture,industrial, and office equipment, we export these funiture equipments to U.S,Canada and Europe. Owing to the large amount of clients that we have in the U.S.A,we are having difficulty in reaching all of them, therefore we decided to employ representatives in all the states of America,Canada,Europe to help us get to our clients. As our representative, you shall serve as a link between us and our clients and you will also be responsible for the collection of payments on our behalf.and here is our website if you wish to view, billiard.sportsnet.com.tw Note: that you shall have a 10% commission for every payment that you collect on our behalf.
Please if you are interested, please fill this form below and send it back to us through my email-------- via, jyu_ben1234567@yahoo.com.cn FIRST NAMES:MIDDLE NAME: CONTACT ADDRESS:PHONE NUMBER:FAX NUMBER:COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:OCCUPATION: Subject to your response, we shall have our company's attorney draft out an agreement to seal up this contract. Best Regards, JYU BEN.
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