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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: BAOSTEEL GROUP <info@lac-ix.org>
Reply-To: marshal.lee@baosteel-group.net
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:37:18 +0000
Subject: Will You Be Interested ?


Hi: 

Will you be interested in making extra cash on a part time basis while
 representing us in the USA without you contributing a dollar?

 All our transactions are 100% Legal.

If you are IN, let us know so we can share more details regarding our
 job offer.

Finally, you do not need to know about steel for you to be our REP.
 This is a side Job.

Your immediate response will be quite appreciated

Marshal Lee
Consultant
BAOSTEEL GROUP
l3606436169@163.com
marshal.lee@baosteel-group.net
www.baosteel.com[1]
ADD:Baosteel Tower, Pu Dian Road 370, Pudong New District,
Shanghai, 200122, P.R. China
Postal Code:20012

Links:
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[1] http://www.baosteel.com/

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