419 scam: "Mr. Thomas Lang" <thomaslangcoe@1email.eu> Re: PARTNERSHIP AND REQUEST AS OUR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE !!

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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)
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "cheque " (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: "Mr. Thomas Lang" <thomaslangcoe@1email.eu>
Reply-To: thomaslangceo@1email.eu
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 01:17:38 +0800
Subject: Re: PARTNERSHIP AND REQUEST AS OUR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE !!

Dear sir/madam,

My name is Mr. Thomas Lang the CEO of TLANG HOLDINGS INC, London UK and i require your partnership representation for our North American customers to help me receive payment with any of your secured medium of payment (SMP) account type( which could be either of home equity line of credit -HELOC, Regular savings or company Account ) if you own any of these two account specification.

I am willing to offer you 10% for your service for whatever amount that is recieved by you through this account. I sell my products to my customers in U.S.A and Canada which i find it very difficult in recieving my payments from them in the past as they have requested such secured medium of payment(SMP) I have had a lot of experiences in the past of not getting my payments as at when hence i have decided to secure a representative there for this purpose.We now accepted that all payments should be made by swift wire transfer or certified cheque into our representative accounts.

The reason why they requested for such account is that the funds will be more secured into such account and the IRS will never question any amount of money coming in or going out of the account since it is going to be paid locally. I need you to be my representative in the United States or Canada if you own such account. I will offer you 10% of any of my payment that passes through your home equity line of credit account or company account as i have earlier stated. You will require to make no expense during the course of this transaction.

This transaction is 100% legal and does not relate to money laundering and is free from Drug money. The amount of money depends on the volume of facilities sold which ranges from US$250,000-US$ 5Million and above depending on the limit of your account. I will send you detail of the modalities of this transaction as soon as i hear from you.

I will forward a copy of my identification to you as we progress with this transaction.,we are of the opinion that the ability to consolidate payments from North America will eradicate delays due to inter-continental monetary transaction between Asia and North America. Hence i am seeking and requesting for your partnership and assistance to be my executive and regional company representative there in the USA OR CANADA and i will provide the necessary authorization to our customers to get in touch with you once you have accepted my request and probably have your details in our file here and we are most inclined to commence talks as soon as possible.

Your consideration of our request is highly anticipated and we look forward to your prompt response and acceptance.

Sincerely,
Mr.Thomas Lang,(CEO)

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