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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: "Southern Steel Berhad Corporation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <southernsteelberhad@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:18:25 +0800
Subject: Job Vacancy!!!

Southern Steel Berhad
2723, Lorong Perusahaan 12,
Prai Industrial Estate, Prai Penang,
13600, Perai, Pulau Pinang 14000,
Malaysia


Attention:

Southern Steel Berhad, another public listed company owned by Hong Leong Manufacturing Group Sdn Bhd, is one of the major steel mills in Malaysia.
Our Company is a producer of a wide range of steel products including steel bar, steel wire rod, steel pipe, Deformed Bar, coated pipe and PC Wire.

We currently employ staff on both a full-time and part-time basis, and provide a challenging but supportive working environment.


We need an honest representative from any part of the world who will be in charge of all our payments from our clients/customers because most of our customers pay us through Certified checks and money order’s which are not negotiable here in Malaysia.


This brings our quest to employ a credible and trust worthy person as our representative to handle our payments. We have lots of Money Orders from our clients sitting in our accounting department in Malaysia.

In order to maintain our long lasted relationship with our customers we have employed some workers in the past but they are not enough since we are growing rapidly. This would not affect your present job but serve as another stream of income to your good self.

As our Representative in your country, your tasks are;
1. Receive payment from Customers
2. Cash it at any cashing point or at your banks and you will deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
3. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to be forwarded by Western Union Money Transfer/Money Gram).

As our representative, you will receive 10% of the total amount you clear for the company throug foreign payments.
If you are interested, please answer the questions below,

1. Your Full Name
2. Telephone number
3. Fax
4. Contact Address
5. Date of Birth
6. Present Occupation

I look forward to hearing from you soon,

Regard

Contact Person: Dato' Dr Tan Chuan
Group Financial Controller
Email: southernsteelberhad@gmail.com

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