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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: STEVE DOUGLAS. <sdouglas_privatemail@yahoo.com>
Date: 6 Jul 2007 17:32:46 -0500
Subject: PART-TIME JOB OFFER (URGENTLY)

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




PART-TIME JOB OFFER (URGENTLY)

BRISCO TEXTILES,

AND FABRICS LTD

OFFICE

34 PALIAMENT STREET

YORK.Y018SG.



Hello Sir/Madam



My name is STEVE DOUGLAS, CEO of Brisko Textiles & Fabrics, an establishment that deals in the Import and export of Cocoa butter cream, Rubber, Cotton and textiles and fabric materials, we are looking for a trustworthy representative in the United States that will aid as a link between us and our customers in the USA I would like to know if you are interested.



Respond only if you will like to work from home part-time and get paid weekly without leaving or it affecting your present job. (PAY IS GOOD) Please if you are interested forward the following info to my email address which is: sdouglas_privatemail@yahoo.com



FULL NAME:

FULL ADDRESS:

ZIP CODE:

CITY:

STATE:

PHONE NUMBER (S):

GENDER:

AGE:

Marital Status:

DO YOU HAVE A CHECKING ACCOUNT: YES............NO.................?



Please get back to me immediately with the above mentioned information to enable us commence on the transaction.



Regards,



STEVE DOUGLAS.









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