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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: "PICCASSOPABLO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <piccassopablo@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:32:57 +0800
Subject: PERSONAL ASSITANT NEEDED





Hello and Gooday to you , i am emailing you as regards my advertisement submitted with the job seekers and recruiters firm on the position of a PERSONAL ASSISTANT .I got your contact details from the agency so as to contact you directly , i would really love to meet up with you to talk about this job position but presently i am on a business trip, i would have loved to put up a job test on you to see the capability, knowledge and skills in you to be able to know how you could be a capable and diligent personal assistant. i am in IRELAND right now and there would be no form of interviews or aptitude test but i will like you to answer some questions for both of us to really get acquainted

1.Have you ever been a Personal Assistant ?


2.If you have been a Personal Assistant before,how long and was it for a company or an individual person?



3.Can you communicate effective and efficiently?




4.Do you have a job as at present?



5.Will you be able to run errands 2 hours per day for 3 days in a week?




I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails I can have it

shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience,When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to. You don't have


to make use of your own personal money .all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping..You are allowed to open the packages to reveal the content. The



contents of the packages are computers , electronics, clothing's business and personal letters..All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. You will work between 15 and 20 hrs a month


I will pay $300 per week.I need your services because I am constantly out of town on business as I own a electronics and clothing store in ireland but i want to open another outlet in the



US.more so i shall be returning to the US in april . this process will be on going till then. If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of



making his long term. Well, let me know if you would be able to handle this possition


I will email you the lists and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages are involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest store. You will be shopping for Electronics and

clothing's. I will provide you my personal UPS account number for Shipping. All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the account. I will

provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well as the funds to cover them.f I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus up front payment for your service, where would you

want it mailed to? Your full info for check,money orders or cash payment


Full Name:

Full Address:

(NO P.O.BOX)

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Phone Number:(Cell):

Home:

Age:

Email:

Present Job:

The address of the nearest Post Office to you for receiving packages:

Name:

Address:

City:

State:

Post Code:


I would l be expecting to hear from you soon in order to know if you will be willing to handle my business on my behalf before I return.Note that this job is 100% legitimate.You can open all


packages to confirm the content therein



.Thanks so much and have a nice day.


Regards,

piccasso pablo

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