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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: "Oscar Export Company " <oscarexportcompany1@myway.com>
Reply-To: oscarexportcompany3@walla.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:13:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Receive Monthly Income As Our Collector Agent In Your Region






FROM THE DESK OF Sandra Collins Sec,Oscar Export Company.Greetings Sir/madam, It's my pleasure to write to inform you of our company.(Oscar Export Company)We have been in export of goods ie( UNFINISHED RAW CHEMICALS) in this field since 2001. Currently, we export our product range to North America, South America, and Europe.We are always looking to expand our customer base through out the world. Trust us to help you gain the most profits due to our high quality, new styles,excellent techniques, favorable prices and reliable reputation. We invite all perspective clients to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you soon.Quite soon we will open representative offices and authorized sales centers in North America and therefore.we are currently looking for people who will assist us in establishing a new distribution network there. The fact that despite the Nothern America market is new for us we already have regular clients also speaks for itself.So we are using this medium
as a point of contact in seeking your hand as out new collector agent in your region.Your duty is to stand on behalf of our company interms of payment in your favor.WHY YOU? The international money transfer tax for legal entities (companies) in the Japan is 25%, whereas for the individual it is only 7%. That.s why we need you! We need agents to receive payment for our products in their locality and to resend the money to us. This way we will save money because of tax decreasing.Remember we pay our offshore collector agent the sum of $5,000.00in every month as thier salaries bases from Oscar Export CompanyHOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN? 7%-9% from each sale/resale operation! For instance: you receive 10000 USD to your bank account. You will withdraw the money and keep $700 (7% from $10000) for yourself! At the beginning your commission will equal 7%, though later it will increase up to 9%!ADVANTAGESYou do not have to go out as you will work as an independent contractor right from your
home office. Your job is absolutely legal. You can earn up to $10,000- 15,000 USD depending on time you will spend for this job. You do not need any capital to start. The employees who make efforts and work hard have a strong possibility to become managers. Anyway our employees never leave us.If you are interested in our offer, please feel free to ask for the general provisions of the Contract.For futher details please contact the managering director Mr david Abbott. Thank you for your time.Respectfully Submitted,.Sandra Collins


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