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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: Hyflux Limited Asia <przeclawsiostry@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: hyflux@adexec.com
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:43:09 +0800
Subject: Work from home

Hyflux Limited Malaysia Branch
Lot 23/12 Taman Desa, Cheras,
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
hyflux@adexec.com
www.hyflux.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Joseph Palalun, Branch Manager of Hyflux Limited Asia. We are a trading company that is into the import and export of goods like Membrane Products, Water Solutions, Operations & Maintenance, Renewable Resources, Consumer Products, Track Record and Capital Management to U.S, Canada and Europe. Owing to the large amount of clients that we have in the U.S.A and Canada, we are having difficulty in reaching all of them, therefore we decided to employ representatives in all the states of America, Canada, Europe to help us get to our clients. As our representative, you shall serve as a link between us and our clients and you will also be responsible for the collection of payments on our behalf. This will only take few minutes of your time.

Note: You shall have a 12% commission for every payment that you collect on our behalf. Kindly fill this form below and forward to this E-mail address on: hyflux@adexec.com

Full Name:
Contact and Postal Address:
Direct Contact Telephone Number:

Subject to your response, we shall have our company's attorney draft out an agreement to seal up this contract.

Branch Manager
Mr. Joseph Palalun

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