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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: revjohn kingss <revjohnkingss@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:31:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A PART TIME JOB OFFER!


Hello,
=A0
I'm Rev Fr John Kings. We are looking for Representatives in the United Sta=
tes/Canada,is a part-time job offer,which will not affect ur present job or=
ur study,you have a chance of making between 300-600 bucks every week
=A0
We are an Orphanage Home Located in Greasby Wirral Merseyside United Kingdo=
m, and we have people and Organisations that wants to make donaton to us af=
ter we have made an appeal to them So we need representatives in the United=
states/Canada who would assist us in recieving these Donations and we are =
pay you 10% of every donation you recieve
=A0
These Donation come in checks, And it would be mailed to you by our donors =
to you location through UPS or FEDEXSo all you just have to do is for you t=
o receive the check then cash it ....
=A0
After cashing the check you are to take 10% of the money and send the balan=
ce to us through Western Union Money TransferThe reason why we need people =
in the United states/Canada to help us cash these checks is that, the check=
s do take us 21-30 days for it to be cashed here in the Uk, But it doesnt t=
ake that much time for it to be cashed in the US
=A0
We are also using it as a means to help people who needs extra money to sup=
port there income, Because we do pay 25% as tax on any check we receive in =
the Uk, So we decided to make the transaction faster and use it to help peo=
ple.
Here is our link: www.kianh.org.uk
=A0
The only problem we have is trusting you with our money. Though anyone who =
tries to runaway with our money would be reported. So can we trust you with=
the Orphans Donations?we are assuring you that you can trust us too, We ar=
e an Orphanage Home and we cant get involve in anything illegal. So you are=
100% safe doing this job.
=A0
This would not cost you any amount and all you need to do to get started is=
just to provide the following info
=A0
1. Your Names (Which will be on the check)
2. Your Address (Where the check would be sent)
3. Your Home and cellphone Number (To Contact You)
4. Email address
I await your urgent responds.=A0=A0=20
Cheers.
=A0
Rev Fr John Kings=20
298 Greasby Road
Greasby Wirral=20
Merseyside CH49 2PP
United Kingdom
+447045713250
www.kianh.org.uk
=0A=0A=0A

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