419 scam: APEX ALUMI COMPANY <norelpy@yahoo.com> Agents Needed..Work With Us and Earn 5%!!!

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a company representative scam. This type of job offer scam involves the cashing of fake checks and money orders. It could expose you to losses of tens of thousands of dollars as well as to the risk of criminal prosecution and (in some cases) imprisonment.

Fraud email example:

From: APEX ALUMI COMPANY <norelpy@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: apex@alumni.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:06:29 +0200
Subject: Agents Needed..Work With Us and Earn 5%!!!

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APEX ALUMI COMPANY
Apex Alumi Company,
Head Office Complex Kuala Lumpur
6 Jalan Dato Sultan Ismail,
Kuala Lumpur, WP Kuala Lumpur.
apex@alumni.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

We avail ourselves of this opportunity to approach you for the
establishment of
business relations with you. We are expertise in the sale of various trading
aluminum sheet and foil products in Malaysia and internationally.

We export and offer offers aluminum sheet products, including tread
plates, flat
and coiled sheets, painted coils, and cladding sheets that are used in
advertising signboards, paneling and insulation, capacitor casing,
flooring, and
general engineering applications; aluminum building sheet products
that comprise
corrugated sheets and industrial building sheets, which are used in live stock
farming, building installation, cladding, and roofing insulation; and aluminum
foil products, which include bare and coated fin stocks, cable foils,
diaphragm
foils, plain foils, and converter foils that are used in aluminum tapes,
flexible packaging, insulation foil, tobacco foil, chocolate wrapping, blister
packing, container lining, and cable wrapping into Canada, America
Latin America
and Parts of Europe.

We are presently searching for Representatives/Collector Agents who can help
us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Latin
America, America
and Europe as well as advertising and marketing our products in the specified
areas. Do note that as our company payment collector you are entitled
to 5% per
payment collected from customers. And other benefit will follow after working
with us for a period of three mouths. If you are interested in doing business
with us please indicate your interest by requesting for our more details, Via
this Email below;

Email Address: apex@alumni.com
Director's Mobile: +60102419543

Respectfully Submitted,

Dr.Steve Chan.
PRESIDENT

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