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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: "remsjonesm1@terra.es" <remsjonesm1@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:56:51 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: ***JOB OFFER***GET PAID WEEKLY


Payments Managers Needed For New Quater 2007
United Asia Trading Company Ltd Group
Imports and Exports, General Merchants.
Unit 5, Wharram Street
Hull, HU2 0JB Humberside
United Kingdom.
+44 703 194 7374

WE HAVE A JOB OFFER AVAILABLE FOR YOU IN RESPONSE TO YOUR INITIAL REQUESTING
THE
JOB SEARCH DIRECTORY IS FOR USA/CANADA ONLY. WE ARE BASED IN UK, BUT WE HAVE
BEEN RECEIVING ORDERS FROM NORTHERN AMERICA, WHICH WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
PROCESS COMPLETELY SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE A PAYMENT RECEIVING PERSONNEL IN
THESE
AREAS. WE HAVE DECIDED TO RECRUIT PAYMENT OFFICERS ONLINE HENCE WE WILL NEED
A
REPRESENTATIVE TO PROCESS OUR PAYMENTS IN THESE AREAS. If interested get
back
with this information below;

FULL NAME::::

FULL ADDRESS (STATE, CITY, ZIPCODE)::::

PHONE NUMBER::::

BANK NAME:::


THANKS,

Name: Remy Jones
Position: Payment Officer
Email: remsjonesm@yahoo.com
Time 24Hrs Daily





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