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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: "JAMES ROBINSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesmerob@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 21:03:00 +1000
Subject: REQUEST FOR PAYMENT OFFICER IN YOUR AREA

I am James Robinson the Manager of james Fabric Textile and i live and work here in MALAYSIA, Would you like to work online from home and get paid without affecting your present job? Actually I need a representative who can be working for our company as online payment officer.

We make lots of supplies to some of our clients in the USA AND CANADA for which I do come down to receive payment and have it cashed after i supply 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. THEY NORMALLY PAY US BY (CHEQUE, BANK TRANSFER AND CREDIT CARD). I am willing to pay you 10% for every payment received by you from our clients who makes payment through you.

Reply by filling

the form below if interested,

NAME......................

FULL ADDRESS (not P.O. Box)...............

STATE.....

CITY.....

ZIP CODE.....

PHONE NUMBER (S)....................

AGE.....

OCCUPATION..................

CAN YOU PROCESS CREDIT CARD PAYMENT?(YES/NO)

REPLY ASAP: jamesmerob@sify.com
Await your response ASAP.

Best Regards

James Robinson

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