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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: "leonardo wu" <kayakita11@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:28:13 +0000
Subject: A MATTER OF INTEREST!!!

Goodday,
I am Barr. leonardo wu, legal adviser of kayakita ARTS AND CRAFTS
xiamen,China.
We export art and craft work into America/Canada/Australia and Europe.
i was mandated by the company as their legal adviser to search for a
reliable and honest representative/agent who can help the company
receiving
payments from some of their customers in America/canada/Australia and
Europe
Subject to your satisfaction you will be entitled to 10% from every
payment
made by customers and 90% to be remitted to the company .
If you are interest to become the company's agent, please contact me
via my
email address and furnishing me with your full contact information as
follows:

FULL NAME:
OCCUPATION:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
SCANNED COPY OF PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH:

Thank you.
Barr. Leonardo Wu
Legal Adviser
On behalf of MR. BORO LEE
President
KAYAKITA ARTS AND CRAFTS
XIAMEN,
CHINA.

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