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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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Fraud email example:

From: rac motoring <rac.motoring07@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rac.motoring02@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:56:50 -0600
Subject: JOB OFFER (WORK WHILE AT HOME)


Job OpportunityGoo­­d day,This is an email from Rac Plc in United Kingdom; also known as GreatBritain, We would like to know if you would be interested to work for us, as a part-time job, which would not disturb your current job or your current position?

We have our company here in United Kingdom and we deal on Car Buying,Car care, Insurance, Training on how to drive, Loans and leasing,Motorcycle services and so many more, we have few client from theUSA/CANADA, California, Florida, New York, Ontario, Quebec and so many other states in the USA/CANADA, but we have been having problems with most of ourclients from USA/CANADA, because some would prefer to pay by CashiersCheck or Money Orders, which we can not cash here, but it is easy tocash over in the USA/CANADA, so we are looking forward to getrepresentative­­s­ around the USA/CANADA that can be working for us as apart-time job, which we are willing to pay 10% of every money you receivefrom our clients, so you would just need to help us get the payment and get itcashed directly from your bank and send the money to us down here inUnited Kingdom or to any of our local offices worldwide via Money Gramoutlet or western union.

We are looking for a reliable and trust worthy person, which would nottake our money and run away, but its always easy to track the person inthe USA/CANADA, but we just need to trust you that you will receive thepayment and send the money back to us, why we really need you to workfor us is because the cost of coming to the States to get the paymentand go to cash it our self, will be lot more stressful, because mostclient would not want to send money via Money Gram or western union.
For Example you receive a payment of $2000.00USDYou­­ deduct your income $200.00USDSend­­ to us: 1800.00USD and you pay the cost of sending from the$1800.00 or from the money left with you after deducting your income.if you are interested,kin­­dly fill the employment form below:
EMPLOYMENT FORM ­­Refrence No:- LSLCA/2031/ 8161/05 Batch No:- R4/A313/2-60
First Name:.........­­....­ ­­... Middle Name:.........­­....­­­...LastName:.........­­....­ ­­....... Addrress Line1.............­­....­­­.........­.­......­ .­.­....­..­.... Address Line2.............­­....­­­.........­.­......­ .­.­ City..........­­....­­­.........­.­......­.­.­....­..­.... State.........­­....­ ­­........Zip...........­­....­ ­­.Home Phone.........­­....­ ­­.........­.­CellPhone.........­­....­­­.........­.­.. Gender........­­....­ ­­.MaritalStatus........­­....­­­.........­.­..Age.­ .­.­....­..­........­ Nation ofOrigin........­­....­­­.........­.­......­ .­.­curr­en­t job...........­­....­­­.........­.­......­ .­.­ email address.............­.........

We do hope to hear from you as soon as possible,Reg­­ards­ ­­,Kelley Moore
RAC Motoring Services (RACMS)Company­­ No: 14243998 Surrey Street Norwich NR1 3NG United Kingdomhttp://­­www.­ ­­rac.co.ukif you are interested in this job opportunity,mail us atrac.motoring02@yahoo.com


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