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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: "Zheng Choua" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zhengchoua@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:46:34 +0800
Subject: Company Representatives Is Needed (Job Offer)

Dear Sir / Madam,

We are looking for a trustworthy representative in United State Of America
that can help as a link between our company and our client
then there.we would like to know if you are interested
work from home for us and earn up to $ 2,500 to $ 3.500. weekly
for services.

We want a book-keeper or representative in United State Of America, so we
to know if you want to work from home and get paid weekly without
leaving or affecting your present job?

Our company produces various clothing materials, batiks,
range of fabrics and traditional clients we have costumes.We
delivery of goods per week in United State Of America and our customer payments
our deliveries per week in the form of Cash and Bank Deposit
Transfer that are not able to cash in Malaysia, so we have
someone in United State Of America to work as our representative to help us
in processing payments from our clients and we pay
him / her weekly wage.

All you need to do is receive this payment from our
United State Of America customers for our company and get cashed
with your bank then deduct your 10% and makes the balance
our business here in Malaysia.

Below is a letter of employment FORM OF THE COMPANY
You could just fill THIS FORM
BELOW.

APPLICATION FORM
1.Full Names :-----------------
Address:-----------------
3.State: -----------------
4.City :-----------------
5.Zipcode: -----------------
6.Phone Number:-----------------
7.Country: -----------------
8.Occupation: -----------------
9.Age: -----------------
10. Gender: -----------------

Thank you as we await your further response.
Trust and confidence in
+60162540744
Mr. Zheng Choua, Sales Manager

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