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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: "Mr. John Steve" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <steveempl@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:04:09 +0200
Subject: EMPLOYMENT OFFER

Hello,

I am replying back to your message concerning the job posted
on Craigslist which you're interested in, I have gone through your
response and i'm quite impressed, i think you are the right person for
this job because i really need a warehouse assistant. I have had a
previous Warehouse assistant who has been very commendable in her
activities and who has been part of my life for the past 6 months, she
has since moved on with her personal life and it has affected me in a
way. I found her previously on the Craigslist website and I sincerely
hope I will be able to find someone again who will be as efficient as
she has been. I need your service because I am constantly out of town.
I will return back to the state real soon so this process will be
going on 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 this long
term.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

You will be a Warehouse Inspector you will walk in to any warehouse
which I will be disclosing to you later and your responsibilities
include inspecting, testing, sampling, and sorting products or goods
being manufactured and shipped in. The manufactured products can
include a large range of items, including materials, machinery,
equipment . Depending the type of manufacturing environment,You can
also be required to have some technical knowledge. In this type of
profession, there are quality standards that are strictly followed,
and daily or weekly production goals to be met. If a manufactured
product does not meet quality specifications, You're to investigate
and report production line failures.

You must be able to stand on your feet for long period of time, These
physical requirements is very important for the inspector, You will be
working 3 days in a week and you're to choose any 3 days of the week
from Monday to Saturday that will be preferable to you and you will be
working 4hrs in these 3 days and that will be from 9am-1pm and we will
be offering you $400.00 per week. Method of payment will be a Cashier
Check or a Money Order.

If you're interested kindly get back to me with the following information:-

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS (including Apt#):
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
PHONE#:
AGE:
CURRENT JOB:

I will be looking forward hearing from You and then proceed on the
next step forward.

Best Regards
Johnson steve
Contact Mail: steveempl@gmail.com

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