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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: "james smith" <jame_smith_manager@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:37:40 +0000
Subject: JOB OFFER???

HONDA HANDLE AG COMPANY  Introduce a position of the manager (Representative) for the payment from the customers and other financial means
The requirements for the candidates are:
 
- Being energetic,responsible,honest and industrious
- Being under 80 years old
-Having a few (1-2) spare hours a day
-Having a landline or a mobile phone
-Having an email
 
 
Once you are able to attribute to yourself and meet all the above-listed requirement,you should probably try to apply for an offered position,Our company remains one of the most successful distributors of the power equipment,manufactured by Honda,Recently our company's profit has increased so much,that we decided to expand into the markets of the Australia and Spain, we are always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling equipments  to United Kingdom,they are always offering to pay with a US MONEY ORDER or CHECK'S, which is difficult for me to cash here in United State.
 
I am looking for a representative in the U.K who will be working for me as a partime worker and i will be willing to pay %10 for every transaction, which wouldnt affect ur present state of work,someone who would help me recieve payments from my customers in the U.K.i mean someone that is responsible and reliable,cause the cost of coming to the U.K and getting payments is very expensive,i am working on setting up a branch in the U.K,so for now i need a representative in the U.K 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.
 
It wouldnt cost you any amount,you 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 or moneygram money transfer,all charges for the wiring will be covered by HONDA HANDLE AG COMPANY.
if  you are interested you can kindly contact us by sending a reply to this message.
Honda Handle AG Company.


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