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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: "Trim Intl Trade" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <trimintltrade@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:37:32 +0200
Subject: Attn Dear Sir/Madam..

Dear Sir/Madam,

Euro-China, TRIM Intl. Trading and Sino Trade Co. Ltd is a consultancy company for project contracting, construction, energy, casting,technology transferring,procurement and trading activities especially from China and other countries. Trim Trade and Sino Trade Co. Ltd specializes in large-scale projects contracting, complete sets of equipment provision, projects designing and constructing, machinery and equipment R & D and manufacturing, as well as internal and international trading. Service contracts of Trim Intl. Trading covers such diverse fields as industry, agriculture, communications and
transportation, energy, steel casting, building, light industry, automobile, ship-building, mining, metallurgy, and aerospace industries. With our headquarters at Beijing - China while represented worldwide, we have our annex/accounts office in Turkey.

TRIM Intl. Trading and Sino Trade Co. needs credible individuals and corporate bodies in Europe and the Americas to represent its interests with companies that export products from Korea to these continents. This message is sent in english for general understanding.

As head of human resource, I am mandated to recruit individuals and corporate bodies in North America and Europe for this purpose. Your contact was sourced via market research based on an Online Job search directory.

Representatives will act as intermediaries between us and customers in their country of residence. Representatives may also recieve payments on our behalf and assist with placing orders for goods and services that may be required in their country of residence.

A commission of 15% is paid for your service(s). We guarantee a monthly minimum of $5,000 to part time workers and a maximum of $30,000 based on work volume, work efficiency, experience gathered on the job, punctuality as situations demand and hard work. YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF A RETAINERSHIP WITH US, by agreeing to perform the companies legal obligations in North America (particulary in the United States of America). This option has been considered by the board, as the process of this companies registration in Europe and the Americas is yet to be completed.

REMEMBER THE MORE ORDERS PROCESSED, THE MORE YOU EARN.

Interested applicants should send name, address, phone/cellphone number and fax to: (trimintltrade@yahoo.com.hk). Also direct all enquiries to the email address stated.

Regards

Dean Hubbard
Head of Human Resource
Public Relations Department
TRIM Intl. Trading and Sino Trade Co. Ltd

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