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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: Lam Yuet King <ceofirstchemicals480@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ceofirstchemicals2001@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:24:32 -0600
Subject: Reps Wanted



Attn:Receipient I am Lam Yuet King.My company First Chemicals was established in 2002.First Chemicals is an innovative, reliable supplier and manufacturer of high quality biochemicals, amino acids, pharmaceutical intermediates,herb extracts, oleochemicals, agrochemicals, dyes and pigments, industrial and specialty chemicals, surfactants and cleaning chemicals, for scientific and industrial applications. Through our commitment to innovation, cutting-edge technology, high quality products and industry leading service excellence we are able to deliver significant advantage to our global customers and partners. First Chemicals' extensive knowledge and understanding of the China chemical and pharmaceutical industries is convincing. This, coupled with our expertise in those key areas of procurement, supply-chain, and logistics to create a truly world-class team for quality chemical and pharmaceutical products in China . First Chemicals creates advantage in several ways:High Quality Products Delivering excellent value, high quality products to create superior added value for our customers is one of the fundamentals of our business model. Our products are manufactured and supplied to consistently high standards including ISO 9000 and ISO 14000. I write to solicit your assistance in working with me as my payment agent who can help us establish a medium of getting to my customers in Canada, America,and Europe as well as making payments through you to me.You will be paid 10% of every payment made through you to me.Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as my Representative/Payment agent. Please if you are interested in been our agent, then please forward to me your phone/fax numbers/Present Occupation/Age and your full contact address to enable you start work without delay.Thank you as i look forward to your working with us . Faithfully Yours, Lam Yuet King
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