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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: "Lee Camp" <serenajones_3@msn.com>
Reply-To: serenajones_03@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:41:26 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr Lee Camp,Managing Director of ( BERG TRADING LIMITED ).
Berg Trading Limited is a premier global trading group managing the
supply chain for high-volume, time-sensitive consumer goods.
Garments make up a large part of the De Berg Business which also covers
the sourcing of hard goods such as fashion accessories, furnishings,
gifts,handicrafts, home products, promotional merchandise, toys, sporting
goods and travel goods.
We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium
of getting to our customers in Canada/America and Europe as well as
making payments through you to us. If you are interested in transacting
business with us we will be glad.
Please contact us for more information, Subject to your satisfaction;
you will be given the opportunity to negotiate the mode of which we
will pay for your services as our representative.

Thanks in advance.

Lee Camp.

Managing Director
BERG TRADING LIMITED
185 Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


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