419 scam: "Wanlida Textile Company Ltd"<chan-joey@w.cn> ATTENTION: SOLICITING FOR A REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "money orders " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "chanjoey@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Wanlida Textile Company Ltd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chanjoey@w.cn>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:16:29 -0000
Subject: ATTENTION: SOLICITING FOR A REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

Wanlida Textile Company Ltd
No.6 Third District Nanshan Road
Shengze, Wujiang City
Jiangsu Province, China.

ATTENTION: SOLICITING FOR A REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our Company Wanlida Textile Company Limited. We are experts in the sale of Textile materials. We export into the Canada/America and parts of Europe. We
got your email through the Business Directory. We were recently given a Two-year contract to supply our product to Canada/America and Europe trade zones. In our just concluded Annual GeneralMeeting
(AGM), we decided to search for a representative who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in Europe and America as well as making payments through the representative as our Payment
Officer.

I, as the Vice President of this multinational company hereby relate with you because of the communication problem faced by most of our Board Members, since many of them cannot read, speak or write English language except Chinese, which is our official language.

In view of this you are expected to relate directly with me as the company representative since I decided to contact you and give them frequent update about our activities.

Most of our customers haveproblem in making payment to us, as we do not run foreign accounts.About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheques and Money orders or bank transfers based on the amount involved.
We have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.

Your Tasks:
Your tasks include:
1. Receive payment from Customers
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be yourpercentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to.

Local Money transfers take barely hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately.
After establishing a close relationship and co-operation with us you'll be able to operate with larger orders and you'll be able to earn more. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your bank or other Cashing Services.

We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week.
You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, you'll get good income and regular job. So if you are interested, your quick response to the email cited would be appreciated.

Please if you are interested forward to us the following information for our perusal:

FULL NAME:
PHONE NUMBER:
FAX NUMBER:
PRESENT OCCUPATION:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
MARITAL STATUS:
AGE:

Thanks for your time.
Kindest Regards,
Mr Joey Chan.
chanjoey@w.cn

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