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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: =?big5?q?frank=20adams?= <frank_adams172@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: frank_adems@myway.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:24:14 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE


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Dear Friend

- Dear Sir/Madam, Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ? Microlinks Fabrics & Textiles, needs an IT specialist in the states, so I want to know if you will like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? It's just that I presently run a IT firm I inherited from my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as representative/sales and administrative executive in the states. My company is into sales, services, and networking which we have clients we supply weekly in the states. My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders, which are not readily cashable outside the United States, So we need someone in the States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and we will pay him/her wage.ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES,GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FORWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank. Deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the company via Western union money transfer. I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. Mr,FRANK ADAMS.CEO Microlinks Fabrics & Textiles LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM TEL +447031-946906 FAX: +44-87-1247-4846


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