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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: "Staffing and Recruiting Dept" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 14:41:42 -0700
Subject: EMPLOYMENT FOR YOU

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Staffing and Recruiting Dept,
Hiring Manager,
MIker Inc.
Painting & Decorating
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We have a job opening for the position of Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk. Would you like to work from your home and get paid weekly? MIker Inc. specialize in Painting & Decorating serving in the EUROPE region and a growing export market, mainly in the supplies of Paints and Art works.

ABOUT US: About Our Company, Our Vision, Values, Mission and Operating Principles have been developed to reflect not only our day-to-day work on our core business strategies, but also to guide us through the challenges and opportunities that come with global expansion and rapidly changing markets.

Job Description:
Your primary task for now as a USA based representative of the company is to Coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process.You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer.

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):

1. Payment will be send directly to you by our customer Via Cashier check,Money Order
2.You must be checking your email every day to know when payment has sent by our clients
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to, You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you'll get good income.


Get back to us with information below information, so that we can add your mailing address to our Regional database and forward it to our customers.

First Name: ...............................
Last Name: ................................
AddressLine1:..............................
AddressLine2:..............................
City: .....................................
State: ....................................
Zip Code: .................................
Home Phone: ...............................
Cell Phone: ...............................
Email: ....................................

N.B:- Kindly Reply to this Email (miker.robert.087@gmail.com)

I will be looking forward to receive the above details..So that we can proceed on the next step

Sincerely,
Mike Robert

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