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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: "PeterChan & Associates" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infopeterchan@inmail24.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:59:54 +0100
Subject: Job Offer

My greetings.


I am sending this email as a referral.

Mr Chen Guangyuan is the Sales Director of Oilfield Supply and Resources International in Hong Kong. The company deals on petroleum and petrochemical materials,equipment and technologies export to different countries. The said company is being owed payments on shipment that they made to a customer in your country in June 2008. They are now seeking advice and possible representation in litigation against the non-paying company.

I am unable to handle this matter at this time because this is in your country. I have represented this company in the past. You can contact Mr. Chen Guangyuan if you are interested in representing them. Below is their contact information:

Oilfield Supply and Resources.
Coastal Rose Garden,Wanghai Road,Shekou
518067, Shenzhen, Hong Kong.
Tel/Fax: +852-3016-2652.
Email:gchen0001@inMail24.com

I encourage you to contact one another to see if this is a situation where you can work together. Also note that, this job description does not specifically means you must be an attorney as you can work with them irrespective of your present job qualification or expertise.


Sincerely,

Mr. Peter Chan

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