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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: "strokesnhammer@terra.es" <strokesnhammer@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:27:40 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION PLEASE


From Ronald Lawson
36 Parliament Street,
York, YO18SG, UK
Company Email: strokesnhammer@yahoo.com


Dear Friend,

Good day to you. My name is Ronald Lawson. I and my
wife are artists based in East-London
United Kingdom. We are blessed with three lovely boys
and we are the owners of strokes&hammer art gallery.
We have been into artwork even before we got married
about 23 years ago. I majored in art in high school and took few
college art & craft courses. Most of my work are done in either pencil or
Air brush mixed with color pencils. I have recently
added designing and creating art work on the computer.

We have been selling our art&craft works for the last
3 years and have had our work Featured on trading
cards, prints and in magazines. We normally Market
these art works & galleries to private individuals and
companies in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/CANADA (USA).
My wife and I are always facing serious difficulties
when it comes to PAYMENTS, This is because Most of my
customers in AMERICA /CANADA are always offering to pay with
cashier's Checkk or Money Order, Bank Draft drawn, which is difficult for us to cash here in United Kingdom.

Right now, we are looking for a representative in
your country who will be working for us as a partime worker and we will
be willing to pay 10% for every transaction, which would not affect
your present state of work, someone who would help us
receive payments from our customers in your country.
We mean someone that is responsible and reliable,
because the cost of traveling outside UK is
very expensive, so we are working on setting up a
branch in your country, so for now we need a
representative in your country who will be handling
the payment aspect. These payments are in form of
CASHIERS'S CHECK or MONEY ORDER, BANK DRAFT drawn,and
they would come to you in your name, so all you need
do is, cash it by depositing it in your account till
it clears,then deduct your percentage and wire the
rest back to us. But the problem we have is trust,we
need someone that is honest and trustworthy.

It wouldnt cost you any amount,you are to receive
payments then you are to cash it by depositing it in
your bank account till it clears and send the cash to
us via western union money transfer or moneygram money
transfer, all transfer fees should be deducted from the
money.

If you are interested, please get back to us as soon
as possible through the company email address above
with the following details for the payment.

1)Your Fullname
2)Your Physical Address with your state, city and
zipcode
3)Your Phone number
4)Your Age
5)Your Occupation
6)Your Nationality

We will await your response.

Friendly Regards,
Ronald Lawson.







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