419 scam: "SouthWest Securities Ltd" <swsltd@qq.com> Company Representative Needed

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a company representative scam. This type of job offer scam involves the cashing of fake checks and money orders. It could expose you to losses of tens of thousands of dollars as well as to the risk of criminal prosecution and (in some cases) imprisonment.

Fraud email example:

From: "SouthWest Securities Ltd" <swsltd@qq.com>
Reply-To: swsltd11@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 10:50:33 +0100
Subject: Company Representative Needed

Southwest Securities Ltd
Rooms 1601,1606-08,16/F.,Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road,
Wanchai,
Hong Kong.

Attn:Sir/Madam,

Southwest Securities International Securities Limited, formerly Tanrich Financial Holdings Limited, is an investment holding company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, operates in six divisions. Its wealth management, brokerage and margin financing division provides brokerage services in trading in securities, futures contracts and options and margin financing services, and distribution of unit trusts, mutual funds and insurance-linked products. Its insurance agency division provides insurance agency and broking services. Its corporate finance division provides corporate finance advisory services. Its asset management division provides asset management services. Its money lending division provides corporate and personal financing services. Its proprietary trading division includes proprietary trading in securities on the stock exchange, listed equity index futures contracts on the futures exchange and index, currency and commodity futures contracts on overseas exchanges.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting payment from our customers as well as making payments through you to our company. Presently, we are faced with some problems most especially with our Payment methods as most clients we have prefer to pay us with Cheque rather than cash or wire transfer. We find it very cumbersome in accepting such payments due to the new monetary policy in our banking systems here in Asia and this is crippling our business.

We cannot afford to lose them due to this problem. We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our payment/Remittance Representatives, to act as our agents who shall receive payment on our behalf from our customers in your region. You shall be entitled to 10% of each payment you receive on our behalf and this shall be a continuous process.

Our Company *Southwest Securities Ltd* is in search of a competent individual or firm that will be responsible in handling funds as our agent and sales representative in the United State/Canada region. If interested kindly indicate your interest by mailing back to us with details below:

Full Name:
Complete Mailing House Address:
Phone/Cell Phone Number:
Company Name:
Company Address:
Company Phone Number:
Position in Company:

Note: It is a part time offer that won't interrupt your present job or business. Get back to us so that we can explain it to you more better how to proceed further.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards,
Xia Jiang.

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