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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: "chen ." <shunwel22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <shunwel@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:23:13 -0600
Subject: shopping online




Shunwel Telephone Company124, Kowloon Road YamateiHong Kong the Word Asian city
Tele852-3010-0809Fax 852-3010-3770

Dear Sir/Ma,LETTER OF BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPwe are mobile phones wholesalers. We deals on all brands and models of mobile phones such as Nokia,Motorola,Samsung,Sony Ericsson,Sagem, Nextel,Sidekick II,Sprint,Ipods, Laptops, Mp3 players and many more at very cheap prices. We are using this medium to look for serious buyers of mobile phones. Do kindly reply back if you are interested and as you do you will be glad during business with us, you can reach us through our email address:shunwel@excite.com thanks’ and God bless in anticipation of your patronage.Lord Frank (sales rep)

WE ARE SELLING ALL KINDS OF MOBILE PHONES LIKE:MOTOROLA RAZOR V3 AT JUST $140usd,NEXTEL i930 AT JUST $130usd,NEXTEL i860 AT JUST $110usd,SONY ERICSSON P910i AT JUST $160usdSONY ERICSSON W800i AT JUST $160usd
SONY ERICSSON S700i AT JUST $145usdMOTOROLA MPX 220 AT JUST $140usd,MOTOROLA MPX 300 AT JUST $180usd,SONY ERICSSON S700i AT JUST $140usdSONY ERICSSON W800i AT JUST $160usdNOKIA N92 AT JUST $220usd,
NOKIA N80 AT JUST $200usd,NOKIA N70 AT JUST $180usd,MICROSOFT XBOX 360 AT JUST $140usd,

PALM TREO 650 AT JUST $140usd,PALM TREO 700W AT JUST $160usd,PALM TREO 600 AT JUST $120usd,NOKIA 9500 AT JUST $210usd,NOKIA 9300 AT JUST $190usd,NOKIA N90 AT JUST $210usdNOKIA N91 AT JUST $230usdSAMSUNG D600 AT JUST $200usd,SAMSUNG D500 AT JUST $180usd,SAMSUNG D415 AT JUST $150usdSIDEKICK II AT JUST $120usd,
iMate Jasjar............$250usd
iMate K-Jam................$170usd
iMate PDA2k...............$210usd
iMate Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone .....$205usd
20GB iPod 20GB iPod ........45USD Apple 4 GB iPod Mini Pink M9435LL/A ......40 USD Apple 40 GB iPod photo....................40 USD Apple 4 GB iPod Mini Silver M9160LL/A ....40 USD Apple 60 GB iPod Photo M9830LL/A..........60 USD Apple 60 GB iPod photo .........55 USD Apple 30 GB iPod Photo M9829LL/A..........50 USD Apple 512 MB iPod Shuffle MP3 Player......40 USD Apple 4 GB iPod Mini Blue M9436LL/A.......45 USD Apple 2 GB iPod Nano.........50 USD Apple 4 GB iPod Nano.........60 USD Apple 30 GB iPod Video.....110 USD Apple 60 GB iPod Video.....150 USD
Send us an email to our email below shunwel@excite.com

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