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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.S.Chin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chinsang@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 04:38:44 +0200
Subject: PART TIME JOB /;;/

REF:CSAC/REP/887.

Our intended partner,

I write to seek your sincere co-operation and trust in respect of a business opportunity in our company.I am Mr. S. Chin, President of China Steel Aluminum Corporation. C. S. Aluminum Corporation is one of the world's largest diversified resources companies. Operating in major commodity businesses, including Aluminum, Base Metals, Carbon Steel Materials, Diamond and specialty products, Energy coal,petroleum, stainless steel materials, we import and export raw materials into

Canada and America,Europe.We are searching for individuals or a company who can act as our representative/payment agent in your country and earn 10% of every payment made through you to us. For more information and details reply immediately and furnish us with the following:

NAME: ( MR. MRS. MS.):........................................

COMPANY NAME: (IF APPLICABLE).................................

OCCUPATION:...............................

STATUS:..............................

AND YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:.........................

STATE/COUNTRY:..........................

AGE:.......................................

SEX:........................................

PHONE MOBILE NUMBER :.............................

FAX UNMBER :.......................

EMAIL:...................................



Very Respectfully,

Mr.Sang Chin
China Steel Aluminium Corporation.
1, Chung Kang Rd., Hsiao Kang,
Kaohsiung 81233, Taiwan, Republic of China
Website: http://www.csc.com.tw/
E-mail: chinsang@yandex.com

Note:Thank you for your time as we are looking forward to work with you
as you send your response back to us via E-mail: chinsang@yandex.com

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