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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: Mikkel Andersen <m-kka8@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mikkelandersen@mail2London.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:27:44 +0000
Subject: Job Offer!


Sir/Madam,

We are hiring serious people from all over the AMERICA/CANADA who would like to work and earn an additional income from their home. We seek a Representative/ Agent (Payment Agent) in your province due to Currency/payment Variance we find problem dealing directly with our customers.

So to this end we seek the assistance of individual or a group to work with us and earn additional money WITHOUT DISTURBING YOUR PRESENT JOB IF ANY! Our company was established in 2001 in UK and has branches all over EUROPE. Before now we operate locally, but have decided to embark on international trade. We are a company that deals on mechanical equipment, hardware, electrical products, light industrial products and office equipment, and export into the America/ Canada and Europe. You will be sent a full schedule of our yearly export and net income on your partnership and competence with us. We will also like to note here that acting as our representative /Agent in your province in other words, you will be responsible for collecting records of customers as well as collecting payment from customers supplied goods to (THIS WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR PRESENT JOB IF ANY).

By doing this on our behalf YOU WILL BE PAID 10% of any amount collected (TRANSACTION) by you as Agents fee and mobilization fee, so the more you work the more you get. Your contact information will be sent to all our customers in your province, if we find you eligible. This would be determined by the board of trustees. I hope to have informed you correctly and wait to hear from you soon.

Please simply reply this email if you are interested.

SIGNED:
Mikkel Andersen Email:mikkelandersen@mail2London.com
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