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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: "CHINA JEWELLERY CO., LTD" <mujin@infomaniak.ch>
Reply-To: representative@rjewellery.name
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:18:44 +0200
Subject: JOB OFFER!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are China jewellery company based in china, We are interested in
employing your service to work with us.

Are you looking for a lucrative job? The job takes only 2-4 hours a
day, And its a chance for you to make over $1,000 extra per week
depending on how useful you are to the company.

Also you do not need to resume at any office to get started , Its a
work from home and you do not pay any fee to get started .
Try now without risking your current job by sending us an email
with the following informations.

Full Names.................
Residential Address...........
Phone......................

I awaits your prompt response if interested.

Thanks
Mr Koji Watanabe.


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