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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a company representative scam. This type of job offer scam involves the cashing of fake checks and money orders. It could expose you to losses of tens of thousands of dollars as well as to the risk of criminal prosecution and (in some cases) imprisonment.
Fraud email example:
From: darryl marcus <yooka26@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: darryl.marcus@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:11:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: JOB OFFER
Good day,
my name is Darryl marcus, the Sales Manager of RIA FABRICS in London United
Kingdom, Would you like to work online from home and get paid without
affecting your present job? Actually i need a payment representative who can
be working for our company as an online book-keeper.
We make lots of supplies to some of our clients in the USA/CANADA for which
i i do come to USA/CANADA to receive payment and have it cashed after
supply our them raw materials, its always too expensive and stressful for
me to come down
and receive such payment twice in a month so i
therefore decided to contact you. I am willing to pay you 10% for every
payment received by you from our clients who make payment through you.
Pls note you dont have to be a book keeper to apply for the job..
Kindly get back to me as soon as possible if you
are interested in this job offer with your:
FIRST NAME......................
LAST NAME.......................
ADDRESS.......................
CITY.........................
STATE...........................
ZIP CODE........................
COUNTRY..........................
PHONE NUMBER (S)....................
GENDER........................
AGE.....................
MARITAL STATUS..................
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY ASAP CAUSE IT SEASONING TIME AND WE HAVE MANY PAYMENT
OUT SIDE....
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