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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: "ZARNI WONG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zarniwong@mynet.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 20:35:11 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION NEEDED

Hans & Wong Limited
NO.120 50th Street, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
 
December, 2, 2014
 
 
Attention,
 
Due to hard banking regulations in Myanmar (Burma), Hans & Wong LIMITED needs a Representative in the United States. We presently run a textile and fabrics firm in Myanmar(Burma). We need someone to work for our company as a representative/book keeper in the United States. Our company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional costume which we want to supply to clients in the United States.
 
Our banking regulations are too stiff for us to receive payments to/from abroad.
 
Our United States clients have agreed to make payments for our supplies in form of Cashiers check/Money Orders and/or their company check which are not readily cashable here in Myanmar, So we need a reliable and trustworthy individual in the United States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our customers.
 
All you need to do is to receive the payments from our customers on our behalf in the United States, then get there checks deposited at your bank, and wait for it to clear, you will then deduct 10% of whatever payment you receive as your Salary and then forward the balance of 90% to our Raw Material Suppliers in the United States or United Kingdom.
 
I sincerely hope I can have an irrevocable trust in you on this. So all we need to do is to forward your information to our customers who will make their payments payable to you on our behalf then send it to you via mail or courier Service.
 
Should you agree to take this offer, I will need the following information below:
 
1.YOUR FULL NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS.  (NO p.o.box)
2.YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE
3.YOUR AGE .
 
My sincere regards and I look forward to hearing from you
 
Zarni Wong

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