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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "lindazhao101@9.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Linda Zhao" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lindazhao101@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 02:48:43 +0100
Subject: Foreign Representative Needed
My name is Ms. Linda 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 the 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
Linda Zhao
(Overseas affairs)
Email: lindazhao101@9.cn
Website: http://www.cnooc.com.cn
NOTE:As soon as we receive an email of interest from you, we will forward you details of the job and application to fill up.
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