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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: "merit gosple" <hayangp@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uk4consults@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 21:25:22 -0700
Subject: Attn: Catherine Hoare


Attn: Catherine Hoare
At UK2 Consultants , we specialise in engineering career moves for
professionals engaged in the E&P sector,we recruit people from a wide
variety of backgrounds with a broad span of experience and skills for the
fulfillment of the requirements of our clients worldwide,we seek to write
your consent based on recent expatriate vacancies with our client.
We invite prime experienced individuals/expatriates capable of rendering
expertise services in fields below: Petroleum engineering,drilling,welding &
mining services,radio operators,maintenance
engineers,HSE,technicians,roustabouts,accountants,civil
engineering,production engineering,project management,geology,mechanical
engineering,medics,chef services,security and marine engineering to send
their resumes.
We are a small company and do not always have paid work available,but when
we do, we encourage applications from Interested applicants who should
forward their resumes/CV and covering email with verifiable reference(s) to
this box.
Best regards,
Merit Gosple
Head Of Recruitment Services.
UK2 Consultants Ltd,
Carrington House,
126/130 Regent Street,
W1B 5SE
London

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