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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: "China Art Craft" <chinaartexport@msn.com>
Reply-To: shuxia_41@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:08:07 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED NEEDED!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mrs. Chen Shen, marketing manager of Art Scene China ARTS AND
CRAFTS IMPORT / EXPORT. in China, we are a group of business men
and women who deal on Chinese Arts and Crafts, and we want to
expand our business into United State,Canada,Dubai,Japan United
Kingdom and European countries.
We are searching for reliable representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our customers in Your respective
country as well as making payments through you to us without
language barrier.
Please if you are interested in this lucrative business with us,we
will be very glad.
Please for more information contact the President/CEO
Mr. Wu Yang
Email:shuxia_41@yahoo.com
www.artscenechina.com
Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay you for your services as our
representative in your country Please if you are Interested forward
to us your phone number/fax and your full contact address.
Thanks In advance
Mrs.Chen Shen.
Marketing Manager
Art Scene China


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