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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: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A9=20Brindex=20Company?= <A01190337@itesm.mx>
Reply-To: brindex_officer@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:44:39 +0000
Subject: JOB OFFER!!! BRINDEX OIL COMPANY

BRINDEX OIL COMPANY
Lavington London.
SE1 0NZ.
Switchboard
United Kingdom

www.BRINDEX.co.uk

Call Recruitment Office
Tel: +44 704 572 4405
Fax: +44 020 702 1331

ATTN:

INTERNATIONAL EXPATRIATE OFFICIAL JOB ONLINE INTERVIEW

Your name has been shortlisted/Choosen among the Lucky
expatriates who submitted the CV to the United Kingdom
Job recuitment online directory ,before we will issue you
the Success Letter and the Contract / Working Document,
You have to fill the following informations and send it
back to us

Via-Email: brindex_officer@yahoo.com

Full Names:

City:

State:

Country:

Zipcode:

Sex:

Phone:

Age:

Marital Status:

Get back to me as soon as possible.

BAR.DEREK KIDD,
Head of Recruitment Service.
BRINDEX OIL COMPANY


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