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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Shen Lian" <shen_lian1@msn.com>
Reply-To: shen_lian003@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:33:26 +0000
Subject: URGENT COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE WITH AN ATTRACTIVE COMMISSION

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are group of business men who deal on raw materials
and export into UNITED STATES & CANADA. We are
searching for representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our customers in
UNITED STATES & CANADA and also making payments
through you to us. 

Please if you are interested in transacting business
with us we will be very glad, Subject to your
satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your
services as our representative in UNITED STATES /
CANADA.

Please if you are interested forward to us your
following details:

1. Full Names 

2. Contact Address 

3. Company name 

4. phone & Fax Numbers, for faster communication. 

5. Scanned copy of Identification

Awaiting your timely response

Regards,

Lian  Shen

Second Vice President 

Honk Kong Metallurgical Import & Export Company

Tel: +852-301-59718
Fax: +852-301-59718

PLEASE KINDLY SEND YOUR REPLY TO:

shen_lian003@yahoo.com.hk

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