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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: daniel stanley <danielstanley6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <danielstanley00@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:24:19 -0600
Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER



Dear Friend,My name is Daniel Stanley currently working as a consultant here in the Nigeria. I found this medium; I work as a consultant for a fabric company in Nigeria called Interface Fabrics Limited).I will like to know if you can work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid weekly.***YOUR TASK IS TO CO-ORDINATE PAYMENTS FROM CUSTOMERS AND HELP US WITH THE PAYMENT PROCESSING***We will be glad to offer you a job position in our company, Interface Fabrics Limited)/we need someone to work for the company as a Representative in all part of the world. You dont need to have an Office and this certainly wont disturb any form of work you have going on at the moment.BENEFIT IS AS FOLLOWS:-* The average monthly income is about 2000 Pounds/euros....* No form of investments from you....* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day....* You do not pay any form of taxes....REQUIEDMENTS:* Name..................* Address...............* City..................* State.................* Postal Code...........*Country* Phone.................* Email.................* Age...................* Occupation............* Bank Name.............If you are interested in being our representative out there please get back to this email with the informations asked below to start receiving payment Bank draft from our customers and start cashing right away.Example: Get a Money Order, Travellers Cheque,Cheque or a Bank draft of 1000 pounds/Euros and get 10% off the 1000 pounds/euros which is 100 pounds/ euros as your salary immediately. Reply me as soon as possible if you are interested and I will be glad to get back to you within 24hr.
Web site: - http://www.interfacefabricsgroup.com/home.htmlProduct Samples: - http://samples.camirafabrics.com/Interface Fabrics (Sales and Customer Service)54 liverpool street apapa, Lagos,NigeriaPhone: +2348084567995

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