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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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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: josephben@consultant.com
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:07:42 +0530
Subject: SOLICITING FOR A SALES REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY (REPLY
to:josephben@consultant.com )


Dear Sir/Madam, It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our Company Wa=
nlida Textile Co., Ltd.Based No.6 The Third District Nanshan Road, Shengze,=
Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province. China. We are experts in the sale of Texti=
le materials; we export into the Canada/America and parts Europe..We got yo=
ur email through Business Directory. We were recently given a two year cont=
ract to supply our product to Canada/America and Europe trade zones. We are=
searching for a representative who can help us establish a medium of getti=
ng to our customers in Europe and America as well as making payments throug=
h you as our payment officer. In our just concluded Annual General Meeting =
(AGM). I, as the CEO of this multinational company hereby relate with you b=
ecause of the communication problem faced by most of our Board Members, sin=
ce many of them cannot read, speak or write English language except Chinnes=
e which is our official language . In view of this you are expected to rela=
te directly with me as the company representative since i decieded to conta=
ct you and give them frequent update about our activities. Most of our cust=
omers have problem in making payment to us as we do not run foreign account=
s. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheque=
s and Money orders or bank transfers based on the amount involved. Your Tas=
k We have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem. Y=
our tasks are; 1. Recieve payment from Customers 2. Cash Payments at your B=
ank 3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed 4.=
Forward balance afer deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you=
will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to forwarded either by M=
oneyGram or Western Union Money Transfer). www.westernunion.com www.moneygr=
am.com Local Money transfers takes barely hours, so it will give us a possi=
bility to get customer's payment almost immediately. For example you've got=
3000.00USD. You take your income : 300.00 USD. Send to us: 2700.00 USD. Fi=
rst month you will have 15-20 transactions on 3000.00-4000.00 USD. So you m=
ay calculate your income. For example 18 transactions on 3500.00 USD gives =
you 4410.00 USD. Plus your basic monthly salary of 1000.00 USD, Total: 5410=
.00 USD per month. After establishing a close co-operation with us you'll b=
e able to operate with larger orders and you'll be able to earn more. Our p=
ayments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in you=
r bank or other Cashing Services. Deduct your weekly salary and forward the=
balance to the company via western union money transfer or moneygram money=
transfer. We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This=
job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing an=
other job, you'll get good income and regular job. So if you are interested=
, your quick response to the email below would be appreciated. You are to r=
eply to the company public relation officer email address as below: Thanks =
for your time. Kindly reply your response to the company public relation of=
ficer below Mr.joseph benjamin josephben@consultant.com Selected Products J=
acquard Fabric Cotton Satin Printed Satin Twisted Satin Kindest Regards, Wi=
u Hong Company Director

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