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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: "mark lohnie" <dm_mark.lohnie@mail.mn>
Reply-To: dm_mark.lohnie@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:57:37 +0100
Subject: JOB OFFER


Hello ,
I won a Electronics Store and We are looking a work at home financial
assistant/secretary who'll handle billing and handle a full inventory of
monthly billings,payments and activities routed through him/her.We sell
electronics games and other consumer electronics online. you can go to
http://judmeloni.en.ecplaza.net/ you will see our mini page where my
products are listed and which has been a worthwhile and lucrative
business,so you know i run a real business.I am still in the process of
uploading more pictures of our products.We should be handling the whole
business on here but having a local secretary handle payments and having
many hands on deck has it's advantages,I travel a lot and when a buyer wants
to make a purchase when I'm on company errand heshe has to hold on till i
return to place an order,on the long term,the effect is our customers start
sourcing for other suppliers so having a secretary always at hand has it's
numerous advantages.we have lost too many deals due to this and I'm trying
to put an end to it.I was working with another mobile secretary but we had
to relieve her of the post due to inefficiency and low work output.We have
stores in Seattle, WA. and West Jordan, Utah and We sell products mostly
here in US and in Canada.The best form of payment is via a traveler checks
and money orders.Varying from buyer to buyer,most of the buyers we work with
are those we've previously handled successful transactions with,new buyers
are verified by me so you have nothing to worry about. The general idea is,
you receive the payment from buyers according to their preferred mode of
payments directly from the individual buyer,in your mail and have them
cashed at your bank.You send the payment to our suppliers/vendors when I
need you to, or directly to the company and your pay is 8% of the amount
sent to you.An average transaction is $2,500.00 and upwards. All charges
during cashing,sending of payments and transaction completion will be
deducted from the balance after you've gotten your pay and not deducted from
your pay so your pay is fixed on the amount cashed per transaction.If you
can handle as many as 3 transactions per week,but you'll be handling one
initially to see how efficiently you can carry your tasks out and complete
transactions,on 3 transactions you're sure of nothing less than $500
weekly.The hours are flexible and you can decide when you wanna work,i don't
need you online 24/7 just online on a daily basis and check your emails
regularly. Working with me will also not disturb your other jobs as I
require that applicant have easy access to the net,be reachable easily and
respond promptly instructions and e-mails sent.
Hope to hear from you and indicate your interest in
the position by Send me your full contact details...
Full names...
Physical Address...
Contact Numbers...
Email addresses(If you use more than 1)...
Will be waiting on your next email. with the
details
Mark

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