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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: "john mike" <john_mike100@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:38:57 +0000
Subject: The financial-consulting company

The financial-consulting company "Vision International People Group" is
glad to greet you. We are a new financial company with the main office
in nigeria.
Our company needs safe representatives of the payments.
In this letter you can read additional information about work in USA
with Vision International People Group.
Sales representatives (managers, financial assistants) for realization
of financial and trading operations with our partners are required.
Duties of sales representatives in USA include the reception of money
resources from buyers and their sending to nigeria. The full control of
realization of financial operations and assistance in their realization.
Daily hundred monetary operations from $400-$25000 passes through our
company.
You will have to receive the money resources from our buyers and send
it on system Western Union to nigeria within one day. The faster you
work, the more money resources to you will receive and the more earnings
you will get.
Please, do not send your resume, if you suppose you will be unable to
carry out each operation within one day.
Speed is one of the most important things for our company, however, we
offer not 10% as usually but 20% from each carried out operation.
Western Union fees are also paid by us. Working with our company is the most
profitable work we offer in USA, you can receive as many money
transactions as you will be able to carry out and earn 20% from the each
transaction. Requirements. In order to start working with us, you need to
follow the instructions below.
Send us your resume with these information:
a. Your personal information (First Name, Last Name)
b. Your home address
c. Phone number where you can be reached
The most important is your vigor, skill to communicate and desire to
work in one of conducting financial companies.
During work you will receive consultations from our managers (by
E-mail, icz, Yahoo Messenger and phone).
At an initial stage at you will be a partial employment (not a full
working day).
As you will be typed experience volume of work and your salary will be
increased.
At first time you will receive to you up to $3000 per transaction.
Your earnings depends on you only - the faster you will send the money
to us,
the more transactions you will receive.
Payment. From each carried out operation you will receive 20%.
And you will leave to yourselves this sum. And you will be obliged to
send other sum on system Western Union to nigeria. We compensate for all
your expenses. As we guarantee to you such amount of works that your
payment from the very beginning will be not less 2000 USD per one month
and it will grow in process of your promotion in our company.
During 2006-2007 we plan opening a network of offices and
representations for territories USA.
Best their sales representatives will be invited to work in these
offices on higher posts.
Vision International People Group Offers you to begin the career in the
large international and known company.
Contact us: john_mike100@yahoo.com


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