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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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Fraud email example:

From: "southonline@terra.es" <southonline@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:30:45 +0100 (MET)
Subject: WORK WITH KRAFTFOODS COMPANY.



Kraft Foods Limited
187 Todd Road Fishermans
Bend VIC 3207Australia.
www.kraftfoods.com.au

KRAFT FOODS LIMITED ,Sells Vegemite, Kraft cheese,Kraft Peanut Butter,
Maxwell House coffee, Oreo cookies, Ritz biscuits, Captain's Table
crackers,Philadelphia cream cheese, and Toblerone chocolates.We have
reached big sales volume in the european market and now are trying to
penetrate the Northern American market. Quite soon we will open
representative offices and authorized sales centers in North America
and therefore we are currently looking for people who will assist us
in establishing a new distribution network there. The fact that despite
the Nothern America market is new for us we already have regular clients
also speaks for itself.


WHY YOU?

The international money transfer tax for legal entities (companies) in
Australia is 35%, whereas forthe individual it is only 8%. Thats why we
need you, We need agents to receive payment for our products in their
locality and to resend the money back to us. This way we will save money
because of tax decreasing.


HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?


8%-10% from each sale/resale operation! For instance: you receive 2000
USD to your bank account. You will withdraw the money and keep $160 (8%
from $2000) for yourself! At the beginning your commission will equal
8%, though later it will increase up to 10%.
If you are interested in our offer, please feel free to ask for the
general provisions of the Contract.

Thank you very much for your anticipated

co-operation.


Respectfully Submitted,
Mr. GERALD BAKER
C.E.O
kraftfoodsjobs@yahoo.com
KRAFT FOODS LIMITED.







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