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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: "JILIN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LIMITED" <shi_jcic@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: jcic_shi@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:30:02 -0300
Subject: Payment Representative Wanted




JILIN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LIMITED
No 9 Longtan Street Longtan District
Jilin City, Jilin Province 132021

Ref: JCIC/08626572/2011

We are a Petro-Chemical Industry Located in Jilin Province, China and in
urgent need of Payment Agent/Representatives in North America
(USA/Canada), South America and the Australasia. By acting as our Payment
Agent, you will be
Collecting payments from these customers we are exporting goods to in
USA/Canada after they must have remitted the payment(s) to you. These
payments are in the form of Cheques only. We need your assistance because
these payments, which are usually in the form of cheques are not payable
in Chinese Banks because of the differing Banking Systems. For this, you
will be entitled to a 10% commission for each payment you receive.

Subject to the above, any Sincere and Trustworthy Person should supply
the following data/information:

Full Names (As would appear on payment cheque):
Residential/Mailing Address:
Phone Number:
Company Name:
Occupation:

Send your response via email to jcic_shi@yahoo.com.cn

Faithfully Yours,
Mr. Shi Jianxun.
Genaral Manager.
JILIN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LIMITED


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