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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: =?utf-8?q?Tracy=20Malcom?= <tracymalcom100@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: imterfacefabricsltd002@live.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:25:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ***WORK FROM ONLINE***


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:tracymalcom100@yahoo.com.co



- Dear Sir/Madam,My name is Tracy Malcom,currently working as a consultant here in the United Kingdom; I found this medium to contact you. I work as a consultant for a fabric company in United Kingdom called Camira Fabrics Ltd . I will like to know if you can work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid weekly.YOUR TASK IS TO CO-ORDINATE PAYMENTS FROM CUSTOMERS AND HELP US WITH THE PAYMENT PROCESSING We will be glad to offer you a job position in our company, we need someone to work for the company as a Representative in U.S, CANADA, ASIA OR AUSTRALIA. This is in view of not having an office presently in these countries.You don't need to have an Office and this certainly won't disturb any form of work you have going on at the moment. All you need to do is to receive payment from our customer in traveler's check, money order or bank draft. When you do that you will cash it you will take your 10% and send the rest to us via Western Union or Money Gramm. Example: Get a Money Order, Check or a Treasury Bill of $ 1000 and get 10% off the $1000 which is $100 as your salary immediately.BENEFIT IS AS FOLLOWS:-* The averagely income is about $4000....* No form of investments from you....* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day....* You do not pay any form of taxes....REQUIREMENTS:* Name..................* Address...............* City..................* State.................* Postal Code...........* Phone.................* Email................. * Age...................* Occupation............* Marital Status........If you are interested in being our representative out there please get back to this email with the informations asked above to start receiving payment from our customers. I can assure you that this is 100% risk free you have nothing to worry about.WE WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, NO BANK NAMES, NO BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, ROUTING NUMBER, CREDIT CARD, PASSWORDS, SSN # ETC. IF ANYONE ASKS FOR THOSE ON OUR BEHALF PLEASE DO NOT GIVE OUT THIS INFO. THIS IS TO ENSURE YOUR SECURITY AND NON INVOLVEMENT I CASES OF IDENTITY THEFT. Reply me through my email address :Interfacefabricsltd002@live.com, as soon as possible if you are interested. For more details about ourcompany: Web site: -http://www.interfacefabricsgroup.com/home.html Product Samples: - http://samples.camirafabrics.com/ Interface Fabrics (Sales and Customer Service) Hampton Mills, Mir field, West Yorkshire, WF14 8HE United Kingdom Best Regards


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