419 scam: "Sihuan Electric Co."<accountservices@info.com> *** WE NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE ***

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Sihuan Electric Co." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richard.hughes4@skymail.mn>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 07:58:46 +1200
Subject: *** WE NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE ***

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Richard Hughes, and the sales Manager of Sihuan Electric Co., Ltd. Our company is into electrical device manufacture.

It is a large-scale comprehensive multinational corporation which does research and development along with the manufacturing and sales of various products including Televisions, Air-conditioners , PTV, LCD, disc player, plasma Televisions, Audio-visual , Networks Batteries, Commercial Electronic System Components and so on.

We have limited countries where our products are been exported. Due to the quality of our products we have some successfully few customers in America and Canada Countries. And due to the high demand for our products in America, Canada and Europe, we have decided to move our products fully into Europe.

we are searching for reliable persons And companies who can act as a receiving agent for us, as the person in position will act as medium between our customers and us in their established area. Most of our clients will be making payments to you through you to us in the form of personal cheques / cashier's cheque, wire transfers and bank to bank transfers. But which ever option that our customers opt for, you would be entitled to 10% agent commission.

If you are interested in working with us, we will be very glad to have you as our company representative. you are therefore advised to forward to us the following information so as to enable our company put you on our agents list.

1. Full Names
2. Contact Address
3. Contact Mobile Phone Number
4. Working Status
5. AGE

All of these informations will be needed by our head of human resources before any payments can be allocated to you by our customers.

Yours Sincerely
Mr. Richard Hughes

Air Conditioner Marketing Company Overseas Sihuan Electric Electric Co.,Ltd.
Add:1,North Xingye Road,
Nantou, Zhongshan,
China 518920.

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