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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: "Pearl" <pearl-brown@excite.com>
Reply-To: pearlsoffer@myway.com
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:14:11 -0500 (EST)
Subject: J.S INTEGRATIONS LTD


J.S INTEGRATIONS LTDUnits 5 &amp; 6 Park RoadFrome SomersetBA11 1EUUnited Kingdomphone: +44 7624 155275Dear Sir/Madam,With due respect to you, We are sorry for any inconveniences or embarrassment our letter of assistance may have caused you. Imperatively, We are writing following impressive information we got about you through a constancy firm under UK/USA/CA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. My name is Pearl Brown; I am an artist with my Husband Chris Brown. We are the bonafide owner of J.S INTEGRATIONS LTD. I'm from New Zealand, but presently based in East-London United Kingdom UK, I am married to Chris Brown with two kids. I have been doing artwork since I was a small child. That gives me about 21 years of experience. Most of my works are done in either pencil or airbrush mixed with colour pencils. I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the computer. I have been selling my art for the last 3 years and have had my work featured on trading cards, prints and
magazines. I sell my art works &amp; galleries to private companies in United States of America/Canada. However, I and my Husband are always facing serious difficulties when it comes to PAYMENTS, This is because Most of my customers in America/Canada are always offering to pay me in CHECKS/MONEY ORDERS, and it is very difficult for me to cash them here in London United kingdom. This is Because The British Government does not permit the usage of U.S.P.S and American checks takes too long to clear here in London UK which affect our business transaction. At present, I and my Husband are looking for a representative in (America/Canada) who can be helping us to cash the Money Orders/Checks and wire the cash to us here in London UK, We have a lot of customers in U.S and they are all offering to pay us in MONEY ORDERS/CHECKS, so we write you to seek for your help in partnership. If you accept this offer, you shall be receiving 10% commission as your interest for any amount of
checks/money orders you cashed, which means that you can be earning at least Four Thousand US Dollars ($4000.00)weekly as your commission because we have a lot of customers in USA and Canada. If you are interested, all we need to do is to instruct all our customers to release payment in your favour throw your address, Then when you receive the MONEY ORDERS/CHECKS and cash them, you will deduct 10% from the total money as your commission, and send the balance to us here in LONDON UNITED KINGDOM UK.This project is 100% risk free and it is legitimate. Please kindly send me the formation as stated below: 1. Your Full Names.2. Your Residential Address.3. Your company names, if any.4. Your age/sex and Occupation.5. Your Telephone, fax and Mobile #. We understand that this job position is very challenging. We are looking for an honest persons who satisfy our requirements and will be in earnest assistant. If you feel that you are a serious and earnest person and you want to work for
J.S INTEGRATIONS LTD please reply imediately. Friendly Regards,Pearl &amp; Chris Brown

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