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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: chanpatrick99@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 07:41:25 -0300
Subject: Company Representative Nedded




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Scomi Group Bhd (571212-A)

Level 17, 1 First Avenue
Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
webpage: www.scomigroup.com.my

JOB VACANCY; Ref No: COCR01/MY

Scomi Group Bhd is into oil refining and sales. We seek cooperate or
individual who will help us in the collection of oustanding payments
owed to us by our numerous customers outside Malaysia. The salary is very
attractive, you will be entitle to ten percent (10%) of every payment
you receive from our customers in your region on behalf of the company.

All fees, including taxes will be handled by us. Details of your
personal or co-operate accounts are not needed in this transaction.

You can apply for this position by filling the informations below and
send back to us;

Full Name:
Residencial or office address:
Town:
State:
Zipcode:
Country:
Current Job:
If you own a company, please state the company name:
Prefered Email:
Gender:
Age:
Telephone:

Respectfully,
Mr Patrick Chan (Chairman, Representative Director)
Scomi Group Bhd.

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