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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: "dave Clark" <daveclark@daveclarkgalleria.com>
Reply-To: davegalleryarts@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:10:59 +0000
Subject: Part Time Job Offer

112 st. Mary's road,
liverpool L192 JG,
UNITED KINGDOM
HELLO,
My name is Dave Clark, I am an artist with my Wife Susan, and we
are the owners of Sus Art World .we live in UK London(UNITED KINGDOM), with our
two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my life my Wife Susan. It is
definitely a full house, I have been doing artwork since I was a small
child, That gives me about 23 years of experience, I majored in art in high
school and took a few college art courses, Most of my work is done in either
pencil or airbrush mixed with color pencils.
I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the computer, I have been selling my art for the last 6 years and have had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines, I have sold in galleries and to private collectors from all around the world, I am always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my art works to Americans, they are always offering to pay with bank wires and transfers(Wells Fargo Bank in usa only) which is difficult for me to cash here in UK London(UNITED KINGDOM), I am looking for a representative in the states who will be working for me as a par-time worker and I will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction, which wouldn’t affect your present state of work, someone who would help me receive payments from my customers in the states i mean someone that is responsible, reliable and credible, cause the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive, I am working on setting up a branch in the state, so for now I need a representative in the united state who will be handling the payment aspect, These payments are in money order or checks  and they would be specifically drafted to you in your name and sent to you ,so all you need do is cash the money order or the check deduct your percentage and wire the rest back.
But the problem I have is trust, But I have my way of getting anyone that gets away with our money, I mean the FBI branch in Washington will gets involved when our Money get missing, It would not cost you any amount to receive payments which will be sent to you via FedEx, ups or any other credible courrier from my business partners and associates ,If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as possible via email with your full name, address, direct contact telephone number and a scanned copy of any identity card of you, it doesnt have to have your ssn number it could be a video club card or anything we are just interested in your picture and just very little basic information about you for record purposes.
For more information view our website http://www.susartworld.com.
Regards
Dave clark And Susan  clark
http://www.susartworld.com
Part Time Job Offer

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