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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: "Mr. Jason WOO" <jasonwoo001@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:45:22 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT.

Greetings,

I am Mr. Jason WOO, Recruitment Specialist at Shanghai Shibang Machinery Co., Ltd China. We are in need of Reputable Company/Individual either in Canada OR USA that can act as our Company Collection agent/Sales Representative (Intermediary between Shanghai Shibang Machinery Co., Ltd and its clients in Canada region). If interested in this job position, kindly indicate your interest by sending us an email on: jwoosbm@sbmchinacorp.com OR jasonwoo001@qq.com

Note: This job will only take few minutes of your daily time. You can Earn Extra income while doing your normal Job/Business.

Jason WOO.
Shanghai Shibang
Machinery Co., Ltd
www.sbmchina.com

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