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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: "SOUTHGATE FURNITURE INC." <ppps@telecom.cz>
Reply-To: southgatefuniture10@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:16:25 GMT
Subject: JOB OFFER







Dear Sir/Madam,

REQUEST FOR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE.

SouthGate Furniture Inco-operated is a company manufacture all types of furnitures products for world trade. Our company remains one of the most successful in the distribution of wood materials; recently our profit has increased so much,which we decided to expand globally.Due to the Increasing number of clients that we
have we are having difficulty in reaching all of them, therefore we decided to employ a representative to help us get to our payment from our customers outside United Kingdom.

We are searching for individuals or a group who can act as our representative/payment officer agent in your country and earn 6% of every payment made through
you to us. If you are interested in the job offer and you want to earn more money apart from your monthly salaries.Please kindly apply below with your informations below.

Full Names:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip code:
Phone :
Cell:
Country:
Company name(If any):
Position Held:
Date of Birth:
Marital Status:
Present Occupation:
Annual Income :
Brief description of yourself:

NOTE: Send the above requested informations via email to
Email: southgatefuniture10@gmail.com

Thanks for your time.

Regards,

SOUTHGATE FURNITURE INC.


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