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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: LEE YEN <renato.accinni@fastwebnet.it>
Reply-To: yingshigroup001@live.com
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 01:59:13 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re...

YINGSHI GLOBAL EXPORTS COMPANY LIMITED.
7F-B1 126 NANJING E RD SEC 4
TAIBEI 105 TAIWAN

We are exporters based in the Taiwan. We export raw materials into
Europe, Canada, America and Australia.

Our company, Yingshi Global Exports Company Limited was established in 2003.We a
re interested in employing your services, to

work with us as our
foreign payment receiving officer, who can receive payments on our behalf for Go
ods and raw materials we supply to our

clients in Europe, Canada, America and Australia.

It does not matter whether you are already in full or partial employment, as thi
s is a Part-time position that could become

permanent based
on your effort and participation which must be characterized by transparent hone
sty. It will certainly not affect your

current business.

Having a functional bank account to receive payments is an essential pre-requisi
te (having a company account is an added

advantage)Also you are to carefully choose from the below mode of payments,which
ever is convenient for you.

PREFERRED MODE OF PAYMENT:

(1) CHEQUE (2) WIRE TRANSFER
(3) CREDIT CARD

Subject to your satisfaction with this proposal, you will be made our foreign pa
yment receiving
officer in your region.

If you decide to work for us, please forward to us immediately:
1.Full Names:
2.Full Contact Address:
3.State:
4.City:
5.Zip code:
6.Phone Numbers:

If you are interested, please kindly get back to me via the below email:(yingshi
group001@live.com)

Sincerely,

LEE YEN,
General Manager:
Yingshi Global Exports Company Limited
Taiwan.

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