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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: Willy morgan <willy_morgan@walla.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 04:07:38 +0100
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE (JOB OFFER)

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/html

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 04:07:52 +0100 (CET)



Dear Beloved,



Pleasant day, I have a job offer you might be interested in.

My name is Willy morgan, I am 46 years of age and I work

With MADSEN BIZ INC.LTD. We extract raw materials from Africa

for production of textile and fabrics which we supply to

our clients in the America, Europe,geographical region

for cloth making.



We are looking for a representative in America, Europe To work for us as a par time worker and we are willing to

Pay 10% for every transaction, which wouldn’t affect your present state

Of work. First of all I will like to know your Name/Age/Sex/Location

And what u do for a living presently? Our main factory is located

in Africa where we extract the raw materials needed for the

Manufacturing of fabrics.



We need someone who would help us receive payments from our

Customers in the states, i mean someone that is responsible and

reliable. Though we are working on setting up a branch in the

states, but for now we need a representative in Philippines who will be handling that aspect. These

payment are in checks or money orders and transfers and they would

come to you in your name, so all you need do is cash it out, deduct

your payment and wire the rest to us via western union.



But sometimes the (FBI) gets involved incase someone tries to

run with our money, I hope that is okay. If you are

interested I would send you an employment letter which you are to sign

and send back to me as soon as possible and we would need

you to give us your full name, home address e-mail address and

your phone number so as to get in contact with you.





It wouldn’t cost you any amount, you are to receive payments which will

be

sent to you by Fedex or ups from our business partners,

which would come in a cashier’s cheque or money order then u are to

cash it and send the cash to us via Western Union money transfer

all western union charges will be deducted from the money. As

soon as you have the money sent you will have to provide us

with the Payment information for pickup.



We are looking forward to your quick reply.

Please if you are interested kindly fill up the



Contact form below:



NAME IN FULL-:__________________________

ADDRESS:-______________________________

NATIONALITY:-___________________________

AGE:-___________________________________

SEX: - __________________________________

OCCUPATION:-___________________________

STATE:-_________________________________

ZIPCODE:-_______________________________

CITY:-___________________________________

HOME PHONE:-__________________________

MOBLIE PHONE:-_________________________

COUNTRY:-______________________________



Please get back to our recruitment manager through this email address

willy_morgan@walla.com



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