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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: "Mrs. Elizabeth Roland." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <farmhispaniae@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:21:18 +0200
Subject: Employment Opportunities

FARM HISPANIA S.A



Balmes 4, 1st floor- 08008 Barcelona, SPAIN.

TEL: 01134672844118. Fax: 01134935504272. E-mail: farmhispaniae@gmail.com



Employment Opportunities





ATTENTION:



We write to introduce our rapidly growing chemical corporation to your good self. We are in the business of supplying high grade Industrial and Pharmaceutical Chemicals to end users around the world.



Our clientele includes 500 fortune corporations in North and South America . For this reason, we do have companies in the United States , Canada , and Mexico that are indebted to us for supplies that they have received from our North America distribution centers. These companies are now experiencing difficulties in making regular or frequent foreign wire transfers from their banks. These difficulties have become more troubling since the global economic recession.



Therefore, we are viding this letter-of-intent offering you a revolving and continuously rewarding business relationship. What we need is an honest and trustworthy individual or corporation who will become our collections rep. and agent in North America . He or She will collect and receive payments on our behalf and remit same less an agreed commission.



For a start, you will take 15% of the amount collected and remit 85% to our central operating account. Hopefully, if your performance which will be evaluated annually is rated satisfactorily, your commission will be reviewed upward as a way of saying thank you. For more information call (Mr. Newman Larmah) Head: Accounts Receivables

011-34-672-844-118. if our offer is accepted by you. Note that below requirements are needed; this will help us to register you officially as our agent.



1) Your full Names
2) Your current contact address
3) Cell phone Number and house phone number

4) A copy of your driver’s license or your international passport



Yours truly,

Mrs. Elizabeth Roland.

Secretary General Farm Hispania S.A

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