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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: Wanlida Textile Company <wan_tex@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: leekang60@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:22:44 -0800
Subject: SOLICITING FOR A REPESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY


Wanlida Textile Company Ltd
No.6 Third District Nanshan Road
Shengze, Wujiang City
Jiangsu Province, China
www.wj-wanlidasilk.com

Sir/Madam,

SOLICITING FOR A REPESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY

It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our Company, Wanlida Textile =
Company Limited. We are experts in the sale of Textile materials, we export =
into the Africa and Asian continents. We were recently given a two-year =
contract to supply our product to Canada/America and Europe trade zones. In =
our just concluded Annual General Meeting (AGM), we decided to search for a =
representative who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers =
in Europe and America as well as making payments through the representatives =
as our payment officer.

I, as the Manager Human Resource dept (Canada/America and Europe trade zone) =
of this company, you are to relate directly with me and give me frequent =
update about your activities. Most of our customers have problem in making =
payment to us, as we do not run foreign accounts.

Your Task.

We have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.
Your tasks are;
1 Assist customer in delivery of their goods when necessary
2 Organize promotion/Advert in your area
3 Receive payment from Customers
4 Cash Payments at your Bank
5 Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment
6 Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you =
will be contacted to send payment to. Payment is to be forwarded either by =
money gram, Western Union Money Transfer or as instructed.
See www.westernunion.com and www.moneygram.com for details.

All necessary information and tools to achieve items listed above will be =
forwarded to you.
Local Money transfers take barely hours, so it will give us a possibility to =
get customer's payment almost immediately. For example you've got 3000.00USD. =
You take your percentage (10%): 300.00 USD. Send to us: 2700.00 USD. So you =
may calculate your income. For example 18 transactions on 3500.00 USD gives =
you 4410.00 USD. Plus your basic monthly salary of 2000.00 USD, Total: =
6410.00 USD per month.

After establishing a close co-operation with us you'll be able to operate =
with larger orders and you'll be able to earn more. Our payments will be =
issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your bank or other =
Cashing Services.

Deduct your percentage and forward the balance to the company via western =
union money transfer or money gram money transfer. This job takes only 3-7 =
hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, you'll get =
good income and regular job. So if you are interested, your quick response to =
the email below would be appreciated.

leekang60@yahoo.com
leekang@sify.com

Please if you are interested forward to us.
Your full name.......................
Phone number........................
Fax number..........................if any
Present occupation....................
And your full contact address........

Yours Sincerely,
Mr kang lee
Manager Human Resource dept (Canada/America and Europe trade zone)

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