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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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Fraud email example:

From: "scott desmond" <hscotttextiles@lacaser.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:42:24 +0000
Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER FOR YOU



Hello,
My name is Scott desmond,I live in London,Uk with my wife and two kids
and three dogs. I majored in business management and have been working in a
small firm till i recently inherited my late uncle's company a year ago,H &
S TEXTILES AND FABRICS.
The company produces various clothing materials,batiks,assorted fabrics
and traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the
states. When my uncle passed away he was in the process of expanding to the
Us. We have made such a large client base in the Us but I am always facing
serious difficulties when it comes to selling to Americans,they are always
offering to pay with a US MONEY ORDERS OR CASHIERS CHECKS, which is
difficult for me to cash here in United Kingdom .
I am looking for a representative in the states who will be
working for me as a partime worker and i will be willing to
pay 7% for every transaction,which wouldnt affect ur
present state of work,someone who would help me recieve
payments from my customers in the states and get them processed at us banks.
I mean someone that is responsible and reliable,cause the cost of coming
to the state and getting payments is very expensive,i am working on
setting up a branch in the states,so for now i need a
representative in the united states who will be handling the
payment aspect. These payments are in money order and they would come to you
in your name, so all you need do is cash the money order
deduct your percentage and wire the rest back. It wouldnt cost you any
amount,you are to receive payments which will be sent to you by fedex or
usps from my business patners, which would come in form of a money order
then u are to cash it and send the cash to me via western union money
transfer
all western union charges will be deducted from the money.
Kindly get back to us as soon as possible if you are interested in this
job offer and i will brief you further with what this job will entail.

WARM REGARDS
MR SCOTT DESMOND.
84 Francis Court, Macarthur Close,
Erith. DA81DQ.
+ 44 7031847181
hscottextiles@yahoo.com
hscotttexiles@uku.co.uk.


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