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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: "Mr. Lin Feng (Deputy Director/Adviser Senior Engineer)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lx686182@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:56:49 +0100
Subject: WORK WITH US (GDC)

>From the Desk of
Mr. Lin Feng.
Deputy Director/Adviser Senior Engineer
CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd.
China.
www.ccgdc.com



Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Lin Feng, Deputy Director/Adviser Senior Engineer of CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd. (abbreviated name as GDC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), was established on October 18 , 2006, the system reformed wholly by Guangzhou Channel Bureau that with a history of more than 50 years. CCCC is a listed company of Hong Kong Exchange Union (code 1800HK). GDC is devoted to offering integrative services in dredging field. With yearly turnover up to more than 3 billion yuan RMB (about 400 million USD) in 2006, GDC now has being one of few state-owned leading dredging contractors in China and the famous brand in the industry.


However, due to some accounts in the USA, Canada and North/South America not fulfilling their contractual obligations, and the fact that we are incapacitated by distance logistics to directly collect payments that are due, the company is now insearch for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in the Canada/America and Europe as well as making payments through you to us, as we cannot continue to absorb the continued losses from unpaid accounts.

Note that, if we are satisfied with your profile and you are approved as our Representative, you will be entitled to an annual income of US$50,000.00 and 5% of whatever amount of sales/receive from customers who are making payments for outstanding invoices on behalf of the company.

If you are interested in serving as a link between our company and our customers in America /Canada/Europe we will be glad. Please contact me for more information, kindly acknowledge the receipt of this mail and kindly forward to me your below data:

FULL NAME:
AGE:
FUL CONTACT ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
RELEVANT EXPERIRIENCE:
COMPANY NAMES (IF ANY):
TELEPHONE:
FAX NUMBER:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:

Please also let us know the best time to reach you on phone especially as we have a difference in time.

We look forward to working with you.

Mr. Lin Feng.
Deputy Director/Adviser Senior Engineer
CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd.
China.
www.ccgdc.com

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