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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: "Randy L Davis"<toshibasupport.employment@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <link2wealthsemployments@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:21:29 -0000
Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER : APPLY NOW

Dear Candidate,
We have a JOB OFFER available for you in response to your initial request
in the Job search directory.We are a company based in South Korea ,we
have been receiving orders from NORTHERN AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM
EUROPE AND ASIA which we have not been able to process competently since we
do not have a payment receiving personnel in these Areas.
We have decided to Recruit Payment Officers Online hence we will need are
preventative to process our payments in these areas, this is due to delays
in processing payments from these areas in South American.
WHAT WE DO OFFER :
Flexible program:Two hours day at your choice, daytime and evening time
Work at home: Checking e-mail and going to the bank Part time or full time
Professional contact team with very good support and communication
skills.Other highlights:
No selling involved, no kit to buy, we won't charge you anything.
Commission : 10% of every Money Order/Check that is cashed instantly "cash
in hand "or" cash on counter" is what you get from the total cashed amount.
EXAMPLE:
If you receive a check of $5,000.00 your net income is $500 our company
supports any fees. You will process at least 2-3 orders per day and you
will earn more than $1,000.00 cash in hand each day.
REMEMBER: THE MORE ORDERS YOU PROCESS- AT A FASTER RATE THE HIGHER YOU
STAND TO EARN DAILY.
What we ask:Two free hours daily not including weekends, Internet access
for sending and receiving e-mails, available means of cashing money
orders/checks at the nearest cashing point.
IMPORTANT:
1) You must be over 18 years of age.
2) U.S.A, UNITED KINGDOM, CANADIAN ASIA OR AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP.
EXAMPLE OF THE OFFER : You will receive check for $5000 and you will go
deposit the check in the bank & once the money cleared , you will deduct
10% of the money & we shall forward to you our instruction { Information }
on how you will Transfer the remaining funds via MONEY GRAM TRANSFER .
Our company is Legal & we have offer different Job to many Worker's They
happy with the Company always and have Happy Home .If you meet these
conditions and wish to apply send this reference position number # PSQAP
254 and please contact our recruiting manager through this e-mail address
( toshibasupports.employments@hotmail.com ) to receive a Representative
Contract
agreement. Please ensure you add your Full Details.....
MAKE SURE YOU REPLY WITH THE COMPLETE DETAIL ASKING BELOW, SO YOU CAN
QUALIFY FOR THE OFFER .
FULL NAME .....
Contact Residential Address, ( NOT PO BOX )...
State.......
City.......
Zip Code......
Country......
Phone Number / Fax numbers for quick delivery of payments......
Present Occupation...
E-mail .......
Sex......
Age.....
Marital Status.......
E-MAIL US THE DETAIL ABOVE TO :( link2wealthsemployments@gmail.com  ) .
We will never ask you for anything more then that, no bank names, no bank
account number, routing number, credit card, passwords, ssn # etc. If
anyone asks for those on our behalf please do not give out this info.This
is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of Identity Theft.
Thank You for taking your time to read our offer.
Note: Your response should be sent to - link2wealthsemployments@gmail.com
Thank you for your time. I await your Urgent Response.
Phone : +447031922972
Email: link2wealthsemployments@gmail.com
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