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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 Ye Junpei." <info.company@msn.com>
Reply-To: mryejunepi_privatecompany001@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 23:51:28 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Representative Needed Urgently.

Haonian Road,
Renhe Region,Yanghe Town,
Gaoming District, Foshan City,
Guangdong Province,
China.
Fax: +86-757-88982828
Website: http://www.fei-long.com.cn

ATTENTION:
This mail is serving as an invitation to treat Urgently.I will not fail to
state that I am sorry for encroaching in your privacy. Feilong Plastic
Company located in Zhejiang China,produces colour printing and
multi-laminating plastic packing bag for packing any kinds of products in
China, some of them are foil bags.Due to the increase in demand of our
products in America,Canada and United Kingdom,we have decided to move our
products fully into the continent of United Kingdom.We wish to crave your
indulgence that we are searching for reliable persons/companies in the
United Kingdom, United States, Canada,South America and Europe who can act
as RECEIVING OFFICER who will act as medium of reach between our
customers and us in their area. Note that,if finally aprroved as our
Representative, you will be entitled to 8% of whatever amount you receive
from customers who are making payments for outstanding invoices on behalf
of the company.Our account officer will convey to you the medium which you
will use to remit any funds received on our behalf. If you are interested
in being a REPRESENTATIVE OFFICER in the above location and your locality,
You will also be entitled to a monthly salary of 1,500 GBP starting from
this month.Please fill out this form below for a start up process and we
will send you full details of job.

Full name:
Residential Address:
Phone:
Occupation:
Company name/Position (if any):
Sex:
Age:
Email:
Country:

Do you have an exclusive relationship with another China based company?
YES /NO

Note: You don't have to leave your present job for this since it is on a
part-time basis. It is not time/ energy comsuming.We look forward
to your response if you find this very interesting and please delete if
not interested.

Thank you for your time.

Respectfully Submitted,

Contact Person: Ye Junpei
Email: mryejunepi_privatecompany001@yahoo.com.hk


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