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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: "WALTER GATE" <waltergate13@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:40:37 +0000
Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY(PARTIME JOB)

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MANAGER
WALTER GATE COMPANY
WORD TRADE LINK
IMPORT AND EXPORT ,
16 KUNGSGAAN 112 20
GOTEBORG
SWEDEN
Dear Sir/Madam,
Our company has obtained your contact details from
well established recruitment bureau. We thought that
you could be attracted to part time work from home
position with our well established company.
My name is Walter Gate, CEO walter company. and I am
an engineer by profession, and my company is based in
Europe.My Company deals with import and export,
construction and general servicing of refineries. We
import construction materials like Drilling machine,
underground pipes, and pumping machine for refineries
and general maintenance of petroleum refineries. We
also supply materials for Borehole construction into
America,Mexico, Canada,Europe,South America and Asia.Our offices are mainly in Europe
and Asia. For more information about our company and
business, please explore our website:
http://www.bizeurope.com
Please examine the information below
concerning our
company and your job description.
There are 3 positions for trustworthy individuals to
assist in creation of our virtual local presence in
your area. Someone, who is accepted for this position,
will perform these tasks:
1. Set up an effective local office: receive the
correspondence from our company or clients to his/her
residential address, answer project related e-mails,
and perform a limited number of phone calls / customer
support. This office could be your residence; the only
requirement is that you should be able to receive
mail.
2. Assist general managers to make the financial
transactions from the clients. Our manager will
inform you when the transaction is expected to arrive.
3. Inform our executive on influx of the payment.
4. Forward the payment to the patron at the end. The
directions will be given for each case. You will work
along our managers and will have direct contact with
them.
To continue with the application process please fill
in our online application: or here.
1.Full Name...................
2.Full Contact addresses...............
3.Phone and Fax number...............
4.Age...................
5.Year of Working Experience.
Please if you are interested in transacting business
with us we will be
very glad.
Please contact our procurement officer, [your job
name ]for more information concerning the transaction
at;
WGIEC PROCUMENT OFFICER.
NAME:DAVID VOGELL
E-mail: (
walter_gate1@yahoo.se)

TEL +46735926488
Your confidential details will be used only within
Walter Company. Every perspective employee, who suits
our requirements, will be contacted by our companys
executive to carry out a basic phone interview. During
the phone interview you will be able to ask any
questions you might have.
We look forward to hear from you soon!
Respectfully Submitted,
Walter Gates,
President (CEO).
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MANAGER
WALTER GATE COMPANY
IMPORT AND EXPORT ,
16 KUNGSGAAN 112 20
GOTEBORG
SWEDEN.


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