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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: "XCHENG YANG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tj06565@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:03:25 -0700
Subject: DID YOU GET THIS MAIL??

*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro*
FROM:MR. XCHENG YANG(PRESIDENT)
XCHANG GRAND IMPORT AND EXPORT GOODS COMPANY
23RD FL, 363 JAVA RD, NORTH POINT
HONG KONG
DEAR
SIR/MADAM,
I AM MR. XCHENG YANG, WE ARE A GROUP OF BUSINESS MEN WHO
DEAL ON RAW MATERIALS AND EXPORT INTO AMERICA,CANADA,EUROPE AND ASIA.
WE ARE SEARCHING FOR REPRESENTATIVES WHO CAN HELP US ESTABLISH A
MEDIUM OF GETTING TO OUR COSTOMERS IN YOUR COUNTRY, AS WELL AS MAKING
PAYMENTS THROUGH YOU TO US.
PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TRANSACTING
BUSINESS WITH US WE WILL BE VERY GLAD. CONTACT OUR PUBLIC
RELATIONS OFFICER IN UNITED KINGDOM.
DR.TOM JONES
E-MAIL: tj06565@hotmail.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION SUBJECT TO YOUR
SATISFACTION YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE YOUR
MODE OF WHICH WE WILL PAY FOR YOUR SERVICES AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED FORWARD TO US
: Your Full Name
: Company Name
: Complete Address
: Direct Phone
: Age/Occupation
:country
THANKS
XCHENG YANG, (PRESIDENT)
XCHANG GRAND IMPORT
AND EXPORT GOODS COMPANY.

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