419 scam: "Mr. Zhu Jimin"<ZhuJimin@shougang.com.cn> Representation Needed

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- shougang.group@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Zhu Jimin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <shougang.group@accountant.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 02:44:49 +0100
Subject: Representation Needed

Shougang Group
45 Huagong Road Xinji City,
Hebei Province China.
Email; shougang.group@accountant.com
Webpage: www.shougang.com.cn

This is an official request for Professional/consultants who will stand as our regional representative to run logistics on behalf of Shougang Group.
We are only looking for individual or company from USA and Canada. You will be entitle to ten percent (10%) of every payment you receive from our customers in your region on behalf of the company.

NOTE: You are not require to travel, all communications with our customers will be through email or phone. All fees, including taxes will be handled by us.

You can apply for this position by filling the information below and send back to us;

*Full Name:________
Residential or office address:_______
State: _________
Zip code:________
Country:______
Current Job:__________
If you own a company, please state the company name:_________
Preferred Email:________
Sex:______
Age:______
Telephone:______

If you have a current job, you can still be part of our business, as services for us will not bother with your hours of work.

Respectfully,
Mr. Zhu Jimin.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam