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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: "Mr. Wang Yongqiu" <wang_yong@mail2world.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wang_yongqiu@myway.com
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 04:13:09 +0400
Subject:

To Whom It May Concern:

It is my pleasure to introduce our Company to you Wujiang Wanlida Textile Co., Ltd. With head office in China, located at No.6, Third District Nanshan Road, Shengze, Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province. As the director of Sales in our branch office in Dubai, where we transit our Textile materials, before exporting them to the USA, Canada and parts Europe.

We are searching for representatives who can establish an office medium of receiving payment through your bank and pay pal accounts, on our behalf from our Textile customers in your country. You will receive payment from them and send it to our office. Your salary will be in two ways, one as a commission agent of 10% and a monthly fixed salary of $2000:00.

If interested forward information below to us

1. FULL NAMES: 2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES:
3. SEX: 4.AGE:
5. PHONE NUMBER: 6.FAX NUMBER (IF ANY):
7. OCCUPATION: 8.COMPANY NAME:
9. COMPANY ADDRESS: 10.NATIONALITY:
11. PRESENT COUNTRY: 12.STATE/PROVINCE:
13. Zip Code:

On our receipt of the above details we shall forward to our customer/clients to immediately contact you for payment.

Kindest Regards,
Mr. Wang Yongqiu,
Sale's Director.



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