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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: "homeman0100@terra.es" <homeman0100@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:46:31 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: EMPLOMENT OFFER


H&S ARTS AND CRAFTS
eSources.co.uk
Unit 13 - The Cloisters
145 Commercial Street
London - E1 6EB
United Kingdom

Hello Prospective Representator,
I am Mr Brian Humphrey , the Marketing Director of H & S/E SOURCES ARTS AND CRAFTS company based in U.K, www.esources.co.uk which specialize in the distribution of various Arts and crafts and export into the Africa / Canada/America and Europe. Due to the expansion of our products on the markets of Europe, Canada, Dubai and European countries. We have started recruitment for the position of the representative Officer in your country.

REQUIIREMENT FOR EMPLOYEES ARE:
.Honest, responsible and dedicated
.Having no problem with the authorities
.Having a functional bank account to receive payment (Company account
is an advantage)
Having a reliable character and mobile phone

While working for us you are supposed to help us receiving payments from our customers, these payments may come to you in Checks, Cashiers Check, Money Order,wire transfer, Wal-Mat Money Order or Travelers Check or wire transfer, base on what our client decides to pay with and they would come to you in your name, so all you need to do is cash the payment in your bank or any of your nearest cashing point, you will deduct your 10% Commission from the payment and wire the rest remaining balance to us via Western Union or Money Gram, to the given names, locations we will provide you. Also these procedures allow avoiding the major delays in getting all our company money. This means that the customers are able to receive the products in the shortest possible date.

WHAT IS YOUR INTEREST?
You will get 10% commission from the whole sum of every transaction by you. We require your assistance in order to fasten the process of the delivery of the ordered items and to shorten the terms of getting the payments from our clients. Working for us, you are not only making money for yourself, you are also helping thousands of people around the world in need of Arts and crafts materials for their Household and industrial use.
We are grateful for your attention. Your email has been forwarded by www.monster.co.uk at our request, because you or somebody else has subscribed for the delivery of the job offers on the internet. We wish you good luck and happiness. If you're interested you can send confirmation via email to Mr. Brian Humphrey, the Company President/CEO on :BRIANHUM22000@YAHOO.COM.HK all these information:
FULL NAMES............................
ADDRESS.................................
CITY................................
STATE............................
ZIP CODE..........................
PHONE NUMBER'S....................
AGE..........................................
SEX..........................................

Very Respectfully,
Mr.Brian Humphrey

MARKETING DIRECTOR
H & S /ESOURCES ARTS AND CRAFT





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