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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: =?big5?q?derek=20artwork?= <derek_artwork_191@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: derek_artwork_1960@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 13:00:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gderek_artwork_191@yahoo.com.hk

Hello,




My name is Dereck Donald and I am an artist.I live in


England,with my two


kids, one dog and the love of my life.It is definitely


a full house. I have


been doing artwork since I was a small child when i


was in Canada werei


took interest in arts 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 4to 5 years and have had


my work featured on


trading cards, prints and in magazines.I have sold in


galleries,museumsand


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 a US POSTAL MONEY


ORDER,which is difficult for


me to cash here in England.




I am l ooking for a representative in the states who


will be working for me


as a partime worker and i am willing to pay for every


transaction,which


wouldn't affect ur present state of work,someone who


would help me recieve


payments from my customers in the states.i mean


someone that is responsible


and reliable,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 and they would come


to you in your name,


so all you need do is cash the money order 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 gets involve.




It wouldnt cost u any amount,u are to receive payments


which will be sent


to u by fedex or usps from my business patners, which


would come in form of


a money order then u are to cash it and send the cash


to me via western


union money transfer allwestern union charges will be


deducted from the


money.If you are interested,please get back to me as


soon as possible.with


this address derek_artwork_1960@yahoo.com




Regards,


dereck Donald.



NB send your reply to derek_artwork_1960@yahoo.com




derek artwork



- derek artwork


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