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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: INTERFACE FABRIC LTD <lduffell@uoguelph.ca>
Reply-To: INTERFACE FABRIC LTD <leofabric1112@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:56:45 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: ******** JOB VACANCY APPLY WITHIN *******


Lets Work Together

Dear Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily and
get paid weekly?We are glad to offer you a job
position at our company(Interface Fabrics Limited),We need
someone to work for the company as a Representative/Book
keeper in your country. Your Job is to receive payment
certified check,traveler\"s check, Money order and any
other form of payment on our behalf and settle our clients
with the payment.If you are interested
kindly furnish us with the information below to this email address
REPLY TO: leofabric1112@aol.com

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FOR CERTIFIED CHEQUE AND MONEY ORDER
=====================================
YOUR FULL NAME
YOUR ADDRESS WITH ZIP CODE
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
AGE
EMAIL ADDRESS
PRESENT OCCUPATION
BANK NAME


http://www.interfacefabricsgroup.com/home.html
Product Samples: - http://samples.camirafabrics.com/
Interface Fabrics (Sales and Customer Service)
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 704 011 3543
Best Regards
Mr Leonard Brown

REPLY TO: leofabric1112@aol.com


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