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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: "henry luggard" <labotextiles_cotton@msn.com>
Reply-To: shakkyt101@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:36:27 +0000
Subject: EMPLOYNENT ONLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Day Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly?

LABO INVESTMENT Cocoa, Fabrics & textiles needs a book-keeper in the
state,
so l want to know if you will like to work online from home and get
paid
weekly without leaving or affecting your present job.

It's just that l presently run a cocoa, textile and fabrics firm l
inherited
from my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company
as a
representative/book keeper in the states.

My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted
fabrics and
traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the
states.

Our Buyers (Customers) make payments for our supplies every week in
form of
Money Orders which are not readily cashable outside the United States,
so we
need someone in the States to work as our representative and assist us
in
processing the payments from our clients and i will pay him weekly
salary.



ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE
STATES
GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAYMENT AND FORWARD
THE
BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

Our payments will be issued out in your full name and you can get them
cashed in your bank as these is the only pace my company can be safe as
to
let you cash the money orders you will then need to deduct your weekly
salary and forward the balance to the company via western union money
transfer,

SO ALL I NEED IS TO FORWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE
STATES

AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS THEN SEND IT TO YOU VIA
MAILOR COURIER.



I will need your Full name, Residential Address and Phone Number so we
can
forward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as
the
company' Representative in the states.



I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE
TO
REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR
IDENTIFICATION
ATTACHED TO IT.



AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND
I
WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN
UNION
MONEY TRANSFER.



I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.



Warmest Regards,

JOHNNY BROWN

Labo Investments(Cocoa, Fabrics & textiles).



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