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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • drchin_yong@asiamail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Julian Barry" <barryjuliansec4@msn.com>
Reply-To: julian_barry_esq@myway.com
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:28:02 +0000
Subject: JOB OFFER (COMPANY REP. NEEDED)

Dear Sir/Madam,
It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our organization CHINA
METALLURGICAL COMPANY (CMC). We are experts in the sales of
Metallurgical Equipments. We export to the Canada/America and some parts of
Europe.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium
of getting our funds from our costumers in the Canada/America/Europe as
well as making payments through these representatives to us. Please, if you
are
interested in transacting business in view of helping us, so that our
costumers could make payment to us through you our representative.

Compensations and other benefits would be arranged based on the
duration of your service. Contact us for more information, if this proposal
is
accepted. Please get back to us so that remuneration can be worked out for
your
services as our representative in either CANADA/UNITED STATES/MEXICO,
as your location shall determine a lot.

For further information and enquiries, you could write back to the
President CHINA METALLURGICAL COMPANY (CMC) Dr Chin Yong;
drchin_yong@asiamail.com We anticipate your earliest response in this
regard.

Thanks,
Mrs. Julian Barry
Secretary
CHINA METALLURGICAL COMPANY(CMC)

Please be informed that you will not use your fund/money in this
transaction. Our company will pay you 10% of every transaction.

OUR WEB SITE IS UNDER DESIGN FOR NOW PLEASE DO BEAR WITH US

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam