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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: " CHIEF MARKETING MANAGER" <support@healthcarecenterpro.net>
Reply-To: hens_agent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:59:44 +0000
Subject: CHIEF MARKETING MANAGER,


CHIEF MARKETING MANAGER,
AXE ARTS AND SWORD
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
Ref Number: REF: SEIT
26510460037/06

Dear Sir/Madam,



INTRODUCING BIGLOBE INC.



Biglobe Inc.is a start up company made up of a group of business men
and women who deal on Art and
Craft originating mainly from europe.Our products are diverse and of
the highest quality,depicting 'comfort' and 'real affluence'.Being that
europe's
traditional crafts are getting more attention as very important
cultural assets,we are proud of our products and so we'd like to show
them
to the
rest of the world.Thus,we are currently expanding our market base
beyond the europe continent and into North america,Asia and
Africa.
In the next couple of weeks,we will be launching our new
website,giving our customers a medium to place their orders online.

WHY WE NEED YOU.
We are currently searching for reliable representatives who can help
us establish a medium of getting to our various customers in the Asia
and North America regions.The representatives we sought after will
serve
as our contact
persons in these regions.We have been faced with limitations
regarding the receipt of payments from our customers shattered all over
the
Asia.It takes a longer time frame to have their payment checks sent to
us
and processed here.As such,we are making efforts to solve this problem
by
having persons (located in the Asian country) receive and process these
payment
cash on our behalf.We will be glad to welcome you on board should you
be interested in doing
business with us.

REMUNERATION.

We have a rather generous and highly competitive remuneration package
for our new team of representatives.We offer a 15% commission on
every payment made via you to us.



All we need from you istotal reliability and your committiment to work
with us.There are no
hassles as this is a work at home opportunity.Should you have a present
job,you can still be part of our business as your service to us would
not interfer with your working hours.Setting you up and registering you
with
our company remains our responsibility.Let us know your thoughts.

If interested,please send a reply email with the following
information:

1.FULL NAMES
2.CONTACT MAILING ADDRESS
3.STATE
4.TELEPHONE NUMBER
5.FAX NUMBER
6.OCCUPATION

We look forward to working with you.Have your respose sent to our
European Regional Manager,Mr Hens Robert via
email: hens_agent@yahoo.co.uk
and he will be more than pleased to give you further details.

Sincerely,

Mrs Julain Davies.
Marketing manager
AXE ARTS AND SWOR


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