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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: Mr Kim H So <hubert.chretien@euphonynet.be>
Reply-To: kimhyun@chinayonngfa.com
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:50:41 +0100
Subject: Re:Good day,



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Re:Good day,
I am Kim Hyun from LinkedIn, Recruitment consultant to Jiangsu Yongfa
Medical Equipment Co.Ltd. and its subsidiaries. We Develop,
Construct,Operate and Manage medical equipment throughout United
kingdom,Europe, Asian and America. We need your services as an account
receivable agent to our customers in your Region on a 12 months contract
basis, you will be responsible for collection of all account receivables
in your region to directly support our sales operations. It's part
time(Work from Home) job that takes less than 2 hour(s) of your time
daily with a
5% commission and $2,100 monthly salary payment.

I understand this is not your area of expertise, because we have
reviewed your profile and knowing your eligibility to help our company
fulfil
one of its major goal, that's the main reason I have to reach out to
you.

Sincerely yours

Kim Hyun-Soo
Senior Business Consultant
Jiangsu Yongfa Medical Equipment Co.Ltd
www.chinayongfa.com
Tel: +852-580-37717

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