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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: "SINOSTEEL TRADING COMPANY" <jdconcrete@eircom.net>
Reply-To: <infsinostetrading@consultant.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 10:09:51 +0000
Subject: SOLICITING FOR FOREIGN FINANCIAL/ RECEIVING REPRESENTATIVE.

Good day to you, My name is Mr.Jack Chung, Managing Director of SINOSTEEL TRADING COMPANY IMPORT AND EXPORT CORPORATION .

we are a group of business men who deal on raw materials such as non-metallic minerals such as Calcite,Barytes,Manganese Dioxide,Dolomite,Mica, China Clay,Manganese Dioxide ,Ferrous (Iron )Oxide and of recent,Art and Craft and export into the Canada/America and Europe.

We need representative in your country to help facilitate payment of our money from clients that we have shipped our products to in other countries.

We have no agents in America,Canada,Asia and Europe and this affect our business so much, they owe us a lot of money.Also language barrier is hindering our exercise with our foreign counterparts overseas.

Please if you are interested,I need you to present the following details:

Full Names:
Company:
Name:
Contact Address:
State:
Age:
Country:
Phone Number:
Fax Number:
Occupation:

Regards,

Mr. Jack Chung
Tel: (82)-7076786023
infsinostetrading@consultant.com

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