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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: "Shanghai Secco Petroleum" <sseccopetro@msn.com>
Reply-To: chenkio7@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:03:52 +0000
Subject: REP NEEDED!!

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I represent Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co. Ltd,My name is Chen kio,
Managing Director.(SSP.cn) China.We deal on importation and exportation of
raw
materials and petrochemical products into Canada, America and Europe.We
are looking for a representative who can help our company collect money
been
owed by our customer in Europe,America and Canada.

Please, if you are interested in transacting business with our company
subject to your satisfaction and in view of you working with us, we will be
very glad to hear from you. You shall be entitled to 10% of any payment you
collect on behalf of our company.For further information Contact us, If
this
proposal is acceptable to you.
You will be required to forward to us the underlisted information:

CONTACT ADDRESSES:................

FULL NAMES:................................

PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:.........

Best regards,

Chen Kio
MD.(SSP cn)
China



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