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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: modalequipment@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:21:04 -0700
Subject: HELLO



MODAL EQUIPMENTS LIMITED.
841 Yan An Road (M) Room 1102
200040 Shanghai, China

Dear Sir/Madam,
This mail is serving as an invitation to treat with the above named
company. I will not fail to state that I am sorry for encroaching in your
privacy. Let me start by introducing myself, my name is Delorse Robinson
I am the Public relations Officer of MODAL EQUIPMENTS LIMITED in China. I
am here to bring to your notice a Job offer which I know it will be a
great interest to you. Our company deals on used heavy equipment and earth
moving equipment by Caterpillar, Deere, Komatsu, Mack, and more.
Presently, we are running out of Finance due to the high volume of money
(running in Millions of US dollars) that some companies in Europe North
and South America owe to our Company, we have confronted these companies
and the companies in question has agreed to begin install mental payment.
Right now we do not have international license to operate in your Country
so our board of director has said that we employ agent in this Countries
who will represent our Company and help in the collection of this
outstanding bills. As the Public relations Officer, it’s my
responsibility to employ agents in these Countries so they can help in the
collection of the funds.

Our proposal is very simple and understanding; we will want you to
represent MODAL EQUIPMENTS LIMITED in your Country and help to collect
these outstanding bills on behalf of the company. If eventually you are
approved as our Representative, you are entitled to 10% of every amount
you receive from customers who are making payments for outstanding
invoices on behalf of the company. To Begin, all you have to do is send to
us your full name, detailed mailing address, tell and fax numbers. Once
you have done this, I would inform you what to do and give you a breakdown
of the way to get your approval from our Company.

Note that this is a not a form of money laundering operation as such will
not breach the law, each transfer will be processed and will follow your
Country laws and taxes will be deducted from our part of the funds. Do
check our site for further information. If you are interested, please fill
in the blank spaces below to our Manager MR LEE CHANG

1.Your Full Names.................................
2.Your Full Contact Address.......................
3. State/Country..................................
4.Your Phone/Fax Numbers......................................
5. Company Name..............................

Find below our company website for your perusal.

Mrs. Jeanette Randle
Email: modalequipment@yahoo.com.hk
Website: www.modalequipmentsltd.com

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