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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: "Barrister. Andreas Vlachos" <Barr.andreasvlachos@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:36:13 +0530 (IST)
Subject: JOB OFFER

My name is Mr. Chino Zhao and I am a HR (Oversea recruit officer) CHINA
NATIONAL OFFSHORE CORPORATION. We looking for serious individual and
business owners to make our Agent in your region. We are looking for a
payment/Financial representative in Spain, Asia,United States, Canada and
mexico.
We need someone to handle our financial collections in your region,
so we are offering you a part time job as our company representative.
This privilege can offer you earnings between $1000-$10,000 per month
depending on your speed,
accuracy and devotion to your work.
We do not request any fees to be paid by you and we will never request
any money from you. Please specify by replying to state if you are interested

Yours sincerely,
Mr Chino Zhao
(Overseas affairs)
Email: cnocgzhao1@ozu.es
Website: http://www.cnooc.com.cn

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