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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: "Global Craft Inc." <globalc_inc12006@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:53:34 -0300
Subject: Representative Needed!!!

INTRODUCING GLOBAL CRAFT INC.
Global Craft Inc. is a group of business men and women who deal on Art
and Craft originating mainly from Asia. Our products are diverse and of
the highest quality,depicting 'comfort' and 'real affluence'.Being that
Asia'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 Asian continent and into North america,South
America,Europe and Africa.

WHY WE NEED YOU.
No doubt,doing business across borders has never been an easy task.We
are currently searching for reliable representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our various customers in their
regions(mainly Europe and North America).The time frame it takes to
have their payment checks sent to us and processed is rather long.This
has caused a setback in our sales.The representatives we sought after will
serve as our payment officers/contact persons in these regions.Their sole
responsibility will be to receive and process payment checks on our
behalf.We believe this will go a long way in bridging the gap between us(the
sellers) and our customers(the buyers).At this point,we cannot
overemphasize the fact that only honest,reliable and competent persons
are needed by us.We will be glad to welcome you on board if you fit in and
have an interest to work for us.

REMUNERATION.
We have a rather generous and highly competitive remuneration package
for our new team of sales representatives.We offer a 10% commission on
every payment made via you to us.THERE IS NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
AT YOUR END. All we need from you is total reliability and your committiment
to work for us.There are no hassles as this is a work at home opportunity and
wouldn't in any way interfere with your present job or status.This offer is
irrespective of your qualification or present field of work.Setting you up and
registering you with our company remains our responsibility.
Let us know your thoughts.If interested do send promptly by
email the following:

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

We look forward to working with you.Please have your response sent to
this email:( globalc_inc12003@yahoo.com.hk  ) and he will be
more than pleased to give you further details.
Thanks In advance.

Sincerely,
Kim Wong.
Marketing Manager
(Global Craft Inc).
You can visit ourwebsite : http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~maida/j-art/

 



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