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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: "Jia Kong" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:03:09 +0200
Subject: NEW PRODUCT


Dear customer,
how is your business going ? sorry for the late response in your business enquiry to our company,our respond was delayed due to some activities in China cantoon fair,please here is our product sample as you requested.
Please check and get back to us so we can have a good business relationship.Our company produces high quality goods that is of world standard quality that is why we are the best in china,we have customers from Africa,North America,Europe,Middle east,South America.
We offer high quality goods at the cheapest rate you can find in China market,we are pleased to start business with you.

Kindly find the attached for the product sample.


Best regards ,

Jia kong

Best regards,

Kathy
T: +86-18605332106
(Skype: jiakong
Email : jiakong@qualityproducts.cn
MSN: jiakong@qualityproducts.com.cn
Trade manager: cn 8044-3340-8972)


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