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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: "barryed1991@terra.es" <barryed1991@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:33:32 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: ***LETTER OF EMPOLYMENT***


BARRY TRAVELS AND TOURS LTD.
Old Wish Road,
Eastbourne East Sussex England.
drbarry1881@yahoo.com.hk
Dear Prospective Representative,
REQUEST TO ACT AS PAYMENT REPRESENTATIVE
First and foremost, I will like to introduce to you, Edwards Travels and Tours Ltd. is a newly opened company registered and based in UK which commenced operations in 2004.
We are into Travelling, tourism and General Importation of office equipments.Presently, we are faced with some problems most especially with our payment methods as most clients we have in the United States prefer to pay us with check rather than cash.
We find it very cumbersome in accepting such payments due to the new monetary policy in our banking systems here in UK and this is crippling our business.
We have numerous customers in the United States/Canada and some other countries and we cannot afford to loose them due to this problem.
We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our payment representatives (Barry Travels and Tours), to act as our clients who shall receive payment on our behalf from our customers in the United States.
You shall be entitled to an AGENT COMMISSION between 5% - 10% of each payment you receive on our behalf and this shall be a continuous process.
To indicate your interest please send to us.
Your Full Names ------------------------------------------------------------
Your Address (NOT P.OBox) ------------------------------------------------------------
Street Number, City, State, Zip ------------------------------------------------------------
Occupation ------------------------------------------------------------
Position Held at Work ------------------------------------------------------------
Phone Number(s) ------------------------------------------------------------
Age ------------------------------------------------------------
Upon receipt of this requested information, i will assume you are SET for the said Part Time Employment, and business activities would commence with immediate effect.
If you are INTERESTED in this offer i will want you to REPLY me through this email address : drbarry.1981@yahoo.co.uk
Yours sincerely,
EDWARDS TRAVELS AND TOURS LTD.
Old Wish Road,
Eastbourne East Sussex England.
drbarry1881@yahoo.com.hk






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