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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: H & F Arts <hnfart@patdukearts.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 08:17:42 +0300
Subject: Get in Touch with me asap

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Hello there,

My name is J. S. Moore and I am an artist. I live in the United
Kingdom, with my two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my
life. It is definitely a full house. I have been doing artwork since
I was a small child. That gives me about 23 years of experience. I
majored in art in high school and took a few college art courses.
Most of my work is done in either pencil or airbrush mixed with color
pencils. I have recently added designing and creating artworks on the
computer. I have been selling my arts for the last 3 years and have
had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines. I
have sold in galleries and to private collectors from all around the
world. I am always facing serious difficulties when it comes to
selling my art works to Americans, they are always offering to pay
with US POSTAL MONEY ORDER, which is difficult for me to cash here in
the United Kingdom.

I am looking for a representative in the States who will be working
for me as a partime worker and i am willing to pay 10% for every
transaction, which wouldn't affect your present state of work,
someone who would help me receive payments from my customers in the
States. I mean someone that is responsible and reliable, because the
cost of coming to the States to get payments is very expensive, i am
working on setting up a branch in the U.S pretty soon. But for now I
need a representative 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 to me. It wouldn't cost you any amount,
you are to receive payments which will be sent to you by Fedex or
USPS from my business partners, which would come in form of a Money
Order then you are to cash it and send the cash to me via Western
Union Money Transfer. All Western Union charges will be deducted from
the money.

If you are interested, endeavor to send your reply immediately to my
e-mail address: hnfart@patdukearts.com

Regards,

J. S. Moore

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