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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: "United Asian Trading Company" <uatc_003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uaic06@aim.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:00:34 -0600
Subject: JOB OFFER FOR 10%(REPRESENTATIVES NEEDED)!!!

United Asian Trading Company.
Tel:+81-(50)5532-5187

Dear Friend,
We have a job offer available for you in response to your Initial request in the Job search directory.We are a very small International trading company with our corporate headquarters based in Japan.

We deal on raw materials and finished personal care products including live long products.

Due to our competent records we have been recieving orders from EUROPE AUSTRALIA and NORTHERN AMERICA which we have not been able to process competently since we do not have a payment recieving personel in these Areas as it is difficult to have payments sent from foreign countries processed within a short time in ASIA.We have decided to recruit payment
officers online hence we will be needing a representative to process our payments in these areas - due to delays in processing payments from these areas in ASIA.

We offer flexible program: two hours/day at your choice, daytime and evening time.Work at home: checking e-mail and going to the bank Part time or full time Professional contact team with very good support and communication skills Other highlights: no selling involved, no kit to buy,we won't charge you anything Monthly salary: $550 every two weeks to a total of $1,100 per month Commission:10% of every money order/check that is cashed instantly "cash in hand" or "cash on counter" is what you get from the total cashed amount.EXAMPLE If you receive a check of $1,000.00 your net income is $100.00,our company supports any fees. You will process at least 2-3 orders per day and you will earn more than $200.00 cash in hand each day.

REMEMBER: THE MORE ORDERS YOU PROCESS- AT A FASTER THE RATE THE HIGHER YOU STAND TO EARN DAILY.

What we ask:Two free hours daily not including weekends, Internet access for sending and receiving e-mails,available means of cashing money orders/checks at your bank.

IMPORTANT NOTE:You must be over 21 years of age.U.S,UK,CANADIAN ORAUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP.

If you meet these conditionsplease contact us by replying at this e-mailaddress: Email:uaic06@aim.com

You will receive a Representative Contract
agreement.Please add your
FULL NAME,
CONTACT HOME ADDRESS,
HOME PHONE/ FAX,
CELL PHONE,
OCCUPATION,
AGE,

for quick delivery of payments.You will never be ask for anything more than that, no bank names, no bank account number,routing number,credit card,passwords,ssn # etc.If anyone asks for those on behalf please do our not give out this info.This is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of Identity theft.

Thanks.
Mr. David Armstrong.
(Director of Payments)



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