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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: JEREMY WANG <personeldelixiconsult@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:58:53 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Details Of Agent Position


Dear Henk,


Good Afternoon and how are you doing today?
You do not have to pay anything because this is not an investment of any sorth but a transaction between you as our Agent and the company as an entity.
My name is Mr.Jeremy Wang you can call me Jeremy.
I am an international consultant for Delixi import and exports and i am based in Hong Kong. First i must thank you for picking up the consideration to be our payment officer via our customers who are ready to pay some of their outstanding bills.

Well we are an organization that started years ago although there are quite some numbers of such organizations here but ours is made with a difference. Our organization deals on experts in the sale of raw materials. We export into the Canada/America and some parts of Europe. We need your assistance in establishing a medium of getting to our customers in Europe, North America/Canada as well as making payments through you to us. Some of our customers are ready to start making payment right now. The way it works is this, I inform the company that we have a payment officer, they call you to ascertain and confirm a few facts and then they eventually make out payment. You receive the payment; you remove your share and based on instructions received from us, remit our own share. If we are able to build and sustain this business relationship (based on trust of course), then the frequency of the money will definitely increase.For more information on the company, you can visit:
www.delixi.com

I would greatly appreciate it if you send your complete contact details (Full Names, Mailing address, phone/fax numbers); this is a safe measure to know exactly who we are dealing with. I would pass it along to our customers and within a few days they would contact you and perfect modalities of getting the payment across to you. I will Endeavour to contact you via the phone number you have provided before then.

Thanks and hope this is the beginning of a mutually beneficial business relationship.Please be notify that all future correspondents should be to me at this email address. As soon as i get your information I shall let you know the position.Have a nice Weekend.
Thank you.

Best Regards,

Mr.Jeremy Wang.

NB:

To qualify, we ask that the prospective representatives pass the
following criteria:
1. Must not have a criminal conviction.
2. Must be over 28 years.
3. Must be a residing citizen in the US or Canada.
4. Must be a citizen or person of legal status in either the US or
Canada.
5. Must have at least a High School education and better if with a
Associate degree or its equivalent.




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