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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: "SIHUAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jollymanu@ukr.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 06:20:42 +0200
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE - Professional Services

REPRESENTATIVE

Attn: We at Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Co,.Ltd. Beijing, seek your business partnership on behalf of my company which will in a little way be beneficial to you regardless of your current status of work and income.

Your partnership with us will not in anyway disrupt your schedules of work as you will be only required to represent us in your country to our customers.

Please let me read from you to discuss further on this business relationship benefits and what exactly is required of you.

We sincerely awaits for your response, copy via jollymanu@ukr.net.

Best regards,
Admin Department

Meng Xianhul
Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Co,.Ltd
21st floor of Building 2, Balizhuangxili Zhubang 2000
Chaoyang District, Beijing.

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