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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: "GATEC COMPANY" <gatec.5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gatec_company@dbzmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:06:17 +0200
Subject: **ONLINE JOB OFFER**


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*GATEC COMPANY UK*
*14-18 Heddon Street, *
*London, *
*W6B 4DA* * *
**

*Dear Sir/Madam,

GATEC COMPANY UK is a trading company that is into the import and export
of goods like copiers, printers, fax machines, personal computers, CD-RW,
DVD-RQ drives and media, cameras, and advanced electronic devices to U.S,Canada
and Europe.

Due to the Increasing number of clients that we have in the U.S.A
Canada and Europe,we are having difficulty in reaching all of
them,therefore we decided to employ representatives to help us get to our
clients.As our representative,you shall serve as a link between us and our
clients and you will also be responsible for the collection of payments on
our behalf.You shall have a 10% commision for every transaction you carry
out or payment that you collect on our behalf.

Please if you are interested,I need you to supply the following details

FULL NAMES....................................*
*ADDRESS.........................................*
*TEL..................................................*
*FAX..................................................*
*COUNTRY/STATE.............................*
*COMPANY'S NAME..........................*
*POSITION HELD..............................*
*STATUS..........................................*
*EMAIL.............................................*
*AGE................................................

Regards, *

*Terry Anderson "CEO"*
*GATEC COMPANY UK*
*+44-703-1910-125*
*_____________________________________________________
Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Gatec Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.*

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