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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: "P.EDWARD WILLIMAS" <pedwardwillimas@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: peter_edward@mac.com
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:39:11 +0100
Subject: WORK FROM HOME

mens shirts, ties, cufflinks and suits, and exceptional range of womens shirts. Styles include casual shirts


T.M LEWIN & SONS LTD
106 JERMYN STREET
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM W1E 6DJ
Rc:133032
www.tmlewin.co.uk

Here is the customer care for one of the T.M LEWIN store in the UNITED KINGDOM and we are looking for a representative in the USA who will be working for us as a partime worker and we are willing to pay $400 for every transaction,which wouldnt affect ur present state of work.
Our main factory is located in the UNITED KINGDOM were we extract the raw materials need for the manufacturing of fabrics(shirt making), but all transfers and anything that has to do with payments are refered to USA we are looking for a representative in the USA, someone who would help us recieve payments from our customers in the USA all because of the cost of coming to States and getting payments is very expensive. We do spend up to $1,400 some times and more than that only in buying tickets to come to the USA to recieve payments ,My store gets Male/Female Shirts from the factory and we have clients we supply weekly in the states.
My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders/ Travellers Check
which are not readily cashable outside the United States so what we need now is a representative in the USA who will be handling that aspect,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 you weekly salary.
ALL U NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FORWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
We are willing to pay $400 per every payment you recieve ,and you can still keep ur regular job while you work for us or stay with us permanently if you would like cause we would open a branch there soon in the USA,the payment range you will receive is from $1,000-$4,000 .
If you are interested get back to us with this same e-mail with your necessary informations like your full name ,home adress and phone number , I WILL EMAIL U A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH U HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF UR INDETIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT.
AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO U I WILL LET U KNOW AND I WILL GIVE U THE ACCOUNTANT INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER.
Warmest Regards,
P.EDWARD WILLIMAS,
Propietor T.M LEWIN STORE


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