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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: <loser@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:32:18 +0800
Subject: Losing money marketing?

So, you paid hard earned to join a
fantastic bus_ine.ss/opp.ortunity
on a promise that it was going to
be easy and that you would never
need for anything ever, ever again.

Ultimately you would have a great
in.come and great future and all
without pro.moting/ref.erring/
mark.eting/re-cruiting or spending.

You were told that mark/eting the
business was going to be simple or
it was going to mark.et itself and
you were definitely 100% going to
make_a-huge heap_of_money with
little or no work at all.

Am I right?

I can't be far wrong.

So how's it going?

Good? Bad? Just OK?

Does your lifestyle live up to the
hype?

OK

This is absurd. How can you operate
a business without working?

I have been in the business for
more than 8 years and have seen
and experienced everything. I have
made over 2 million dollars in as
many years.

I have been contracted right at the
top of many of the biggest networks
and know too well how it works.

I have built huge groups and now
only have to market when I decide I
need to.

I have great contacts. My staff has
the best knowledge. We are a great
team with an infinite power.

We would like to represent you and
show you how to market the business
that you bought into. We want to
help you make_money from your
business and as easily as possible.

How much would you spend on ad.ver-
tising in the next few months?

Weigh that up against a unique and
cheap alternative - We will teach
and men.tor you into getting over
20 paid_sign/up's a week costing
a measly 80USD.

Think about it for not too much
longer. We will show you how to
get 20_paid sign-up's a week
starting from "right away" when
you join/us.

It's almost instant. It's really
fast.

All you need is us, 80USD and the
belief that we can help you out of
the mess that you actually paid to
get into.

Better than sitting there wasting your
money and time right?

What do you say?

Yes I would like your help: Email
curtm@isp-q.com with "oksend" in
the subject.

Want to cancel emails - send email
with stop808 in the subject.

Thanks
T/C/M

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