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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: alexandra james <mobilephonestore_alex@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:28:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WORK FROM HOME


Dear sir/ma,
would you like to work online from Home/temporarily and get paid weekly?
we are glad to offer you for a job position at our company, Mobile phone store, we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper all over the world.this is in view of our not having an office presently in your location.
You do not need to have an office and this certainly would not disturb any form of work you have going at the moment.
our integrated communication industry operations use all communication equipment from the world's leading suppliers such as nokia,samsung etc.order processing,production monitoring and process flow are seamlessly integrated
through a company-wide computer network.
* The average monthly income is about 5000.00 usd.
* No form of investments from you.
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day


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