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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: arnold smart <arnoldsmart11@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:27:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DETAIL FROM ARNOLD SMART


Attn: AMARJIT SINGH

First I must thank you for picking up the consideration to be our agent via our
customers who are ready and able to pay some of our outstanding bills. Surprise to
say that your role in this endeavor is to serve as our agent to get to our customers
who has been indebted to us over a considerable length of time and help stand as an
agent through which they will make such payments to us.
My company Acorn Exports Ltd was established in 2001. I export raw materials such as non-metallic minerals such as calcite,Barytes,Manganese Dioxide , Dolomite ,Mica , China Clay ,Mangnese Dioxide ,Ferrous (Iron ) Oxide . The various industries we cater to are Paints,Rubber, Plastics, Construction chemicals. Note that I don't have a websit yet for this company.

Your rewards for helping us collect such an outstanding debt will be 10% of whatever
money that is being paid to our Company through your Account. You will be given
adequate coordinates and banking instructions through which you will remit our
balance 90% to us. Please be advised that we will have to begin the necessary process of approving you as our agent/partner on our receipt of your understanding, transparency, honesty and your sincere abilities. Our constraint has always been a method of payment by several of our foreign client who we supply our goods. We presently get our payment through checks and draft issued in our favor by our clients but the problem of delay is usually experienced as we are made to wait for up to one month before our local banks here clear the checks/draft. We are loosing a lot of money by doing this as most of our money is produced as short term loan and overdraft from the banks with high interest rate. This scheme seems for us to be the most efficient, since it guarantees the fastest delivery of payments from our customers and also allows avoiding the major delays in getting the money. This means that the customers are able to receive the products in the shortest possible date.

On our receipt of your understanding/mail we will need some vital information from
you that will enable us legitimize the process of this transaction, by drafting a
letter of appointment creating an agency for the relationship of principal and
agent, also stating your benefits by way of fiduciary gains or commission for your
fiduciary services.

Please send down the needed information;

- Company name and address.
- Contact Address
- Tel number
- Fax number
- Age, occupation and position in the Company (if you belong to a company).
- A valid mode of Identification (e.g. Drivers License, passport etc.).
-.Having a functional bank account to receive payment (Company account
is an advantage)
We will inform you on the next step to follow as regards our approval for you to be
our representative, upon getting the above information from you.

Thanks in advance
Mr. Arnold Smart

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