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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: "acc7cc@terra.es" <acc7cc@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:52:48 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: HELLO.........


Attn: Sir / Madam.

Reals Textile & Fabrics are in need of a Payment Representative in the United States.So we would like to offer you a part time job as our payment representative with which you can earn between $4,000 - $5,000 in a month depending on your Speed,Accuracy and Devotion to your work. All you will be doing for us is to receive our payment on our behalf from our client (which is always in the form of Money Orders or Cashier Checks),Process the payment and deduct your commission which is going to be ten percent (10%) of total amount processed and remit the balance to any of our offices via Electronic Transfer.

The Scope of Your Work is as Follows:

Receive Payments on behalf of the company, Cash the Payments in your bank and deduct your 10% commission and Forward the balance to the designated recipients If interested kindly to fill the below application form online.



APPLICATION FORM



FIRST NAME.................................... LAST NAME...................................................
ADDRESS...........................................................................................................
.................
CITY ..........................................STATE.............................................................
ZIP CODE............................. COUNTRY...............................................................

HOUSE PHONE ................................. CELL PHONE.................................................
MARITAL STATUS .............................GENDER.......................................................

AGE....................................NATIONALITY............................................................

ATTESTATION..

According to how you have been briefed earlier. You are required to receive payment on behalf of the above-mentioned firm.
You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order & forward the balance payment via money transfer to any of the companies regional warehouses that will be given to you later.

Regards,

Reals Textile & Fabrics UK
10 Boultbee Road
Wylde Green
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
United Kingdom B72 1DW








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