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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: "James Clerk" <jmesclerk0020@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jmesclerk0007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 21:24:30 -0600
Subject: Hello, I am Colleen Williams, an Artist with Lemon Street Gallery

Hello, I am Colleen Williams, an Artist with Lemon Street Gallery.

LemonStreet Gallery. is an art gallery in London - United Kingdom. We
deal on Art and Craft originating mainly from Asia. Our products are
diverse and of the highest quality, depicting 'comfort' and 'real
affluence'.

Being that Asia's traditional crafts are getting more attention as very
important cultural assets,we are proud ofour products and so we'd like
to show them to the rest of the world. Thus, we are currently expanding
our market base beyond Europe, into North america, USA and Africa.

WHY WE NEED YOU.
No doubt,doing business across borders has never been an easy task. We
are currently searching for a reliable representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our various customers in their regions
(North America & United States). The time frame it takes to have their
payment checks sent to us and processed is rather long. This has caused
a setback in our sales.

The representatives we sought after will serve as our payment
officers/contact persons in these regions, but most especially we are on
HIGH
demand right now for representatives in the USA. Their sole
responsibility will be to receive and process payment checks on our behalf.
We
believe this will go a long way in bridging the gap between us (the sellers)
and our customers(the buyers).

At this point,we cannot overemphasize the fact that only honest,
reliable and competent person(s) is/are needed by us.We will be glad to
welcome you on board if you fit in and have an interest to work for us.

REMUNERATION. We have a rather generous and highly competitive
remuneration package for our new team of sales representatives. We offer a
10%
commission on every payment made via you to us.

THERE IS NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION AT YOUR END; all we need from you is
total reliability, honesty and your committiment to work for us.There
are no hassles as this is a work at home opportunity and would'nt in any
way interfere with your present job or status. This offer is
irrespective of your qualification or present field of work. Setting you up
and
registering you with our company remains our responsibility.

Let us know your thoughts. If interested do send promptly by email
(colleenweee@yahoo.co.uk) the following:

1.FULL NAMES
2.CONTACT MAILING ADDRESS
3.TELEPHONE NUMBER
4.FAX NUMBER
5.OCCUPATION

We look forward to working with you and will be more than pleased to
give you further details.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,
Colleen Williams
Lemon Street Gallery.
London - UK

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