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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: "infopban@terra.es" <infopban@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:03:59 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Interested To Work For Us Get Back



Good day,


This is an email from Rac Plc in United Kingdom; also know as Great Britain, We would like to know if you would be interested to work for us, as a part-time job, which would not disturb your current job or your current position?


We have our company here in United Kingdom and we deal on Car Buying, Car care, Insurance, Training on how to drive, Loans and leasing, Motorcycle services and so many more, we have few client from the USA/CANADA, California, Florida, New York, Ontario, Quebec and so many other states in the USA/CANADA, but we have been having problems with most of our
clients from USA/CANADA, because some would prefer to pay by Cashiers Check or Money Orders, which we can not cash here, but it is easy to cash over in the USA/CANADA, so we are looking forward to get representatives around the USA/CANADA that can be working for us as a part-time job, which we are willing to pay 10% of every money you receive from our clients, so you would just need to help us get the payment and get it cashed directly from your bank and send the money to us down here in
United Kingdom or to any of our local offices worldwide via Money Gram outlet or western union.


We are looking for a reliable and trust worthy person, which would not take our money and run away, but its always easy to track the person in the USA/CANADA, but we just need to trust you that you will receive the payment and send the money back to us, why we really need you to work for us is because the cost of coming to the States to get the payment and go to cash it our self, will be lot more stressful, because most client would not want to send money via Money Gram or western union.



For Example you receive a payment of $1000.00USD You deduct your income $100.00USD Send to us: 900.00USD and you pay the cost of sending from the $900.00 or from the money left with you after deducting your income.


If you are interested, we would require your full name, address and phone numbers where we can reach you and also provide us details of where you work and your position in your work place.


We do hope to hear from you as soon as possible,

Regards and await your response,

Mr.Peter Ban
RAC Motoring Services
Registered Nos. 01424399
RAC House
1 Forest Road
Feltham
Middlesex
TW13 7RR
United Kingdom
Phone:+4470-4010-6482
Email:infopban_company@yahoo.com.hk





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