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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: "Dr.Spencer Reid" <postmaster@backluda.com>
Reply-To: <dr.spencerreid2@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 02:56:41 -0600
Subject: EMAIL LETTER


Hamptons Estates Limited,
32 Grosvenor Square,
Mayfair, London W1K 2HJ.
Website: www(dot)hamptons(dot)co.uk
Company Identification Number: 2036215

INTRODUCTION:
This email is serving as an invitation to work with
the
above named company. We
are pleased to inform you that we have offered you a
part
time job position in
our Satellite Representative Department as our
Satellite
Estate Agent in your
area, following our job search procedure; you were
short
listed in the initial
email listing in our job search directory.


ABOUT US
Hamptons had been established since 1869. Over the
years we
have accumulated
invaluable experience in our business. At Hamptons, we
acquire properties and
valuable commodities for our clients around the world.
Our
main offices are
located in the UK, Dubai, Italy, Morocco and Oman but
we
have developed a Multi
Level Online Marketing Network to meet the demand of
our
fast growing customers
worldwide by introducing Satellite Estate Agents. At
Hamptons, we believe that
quality comes through dynamic teamwork. We are making
a
noticeable difference
in
the property world by providing the best Estate Agents
to
deliver the best
possible customer service, working closely
together to achieve the highest results. We are proud
of
our reputation. If you
are looking for a dynamic, professional company, which
recognizes that the key
to success is through the training and
development of its staff, look no further.

OUR PROPOSAL
We need self-starters with excellent skills who are
looking
for
long-term\part-time career development to be our
Satellite Estate Agent and
will be working as a medium of reach between our fast
growing customers in their area of locality. This
offer is
as a result of the
fact that international transactions take longer time
to
clear than local
transactions; hence you will be taking care of all
transactions in your locality. We will provide you
with the
material and chance
to succeed. It is your responsibility to make the most
of
the opportunity.

YOUR SALARY/JOB DISCRIPTION:
The job requires a flexible schedule shift that would
not
affect your present
state of work. Your salary is based on commission for
the
first Month and there
after you will be entitled to a full salary of $400
per
week which is $1,600
per
Month with some allowances that will be made known to
you
later base on your
ability to handle the job perfectly. You are to choose
how
you want your salary
(Monthly/Weekly). Your commission will be ten percent
(10%)
of every
transaction
you process on our behalf, which is not part of your
salary. This implies that
every transaction of $5000 you process, you stand to
gain
$500. You will deduct
your $500 with any extra cost of sending the money to
the
company before
sending
the rest of the money to the company. Once you receive
any
payment from our
customers who are making payments for outstanding
invoices
on behalf of the
company, you will notify us. All payment should be
wired to
the company via
Western Union Money Transfer, Money Gram or wire
transfer
depending the amount

If you are interested in position kindly provide the
details below:

Full Name: ________________
Street address: ________________
City: ________________
State: ________________
Zip code: ________________
Country: ________________
Age: ________________
Gender: _______________
Phone #: ________________
Occupation: ________________
Job Experience (If any): ________________


PLEASE NOTE:
Note that this is not one of these scam artists going
on in
the Internet. We
are aware of internet fraud going on recently, we
employ
you to forward any
proposal in resemblance to this proposal to us so
that we will take proper action against it and so we
suggest you go through our
website for more details about us, also disregard any
email
asking you to
provide your Credit Card details and your ss# and also
note
that this
transaction is risk free and legal under the reserved
bank
operation act 2005.
All information given by you will be treated
confidentially
and used only for
the purpose of your employment. This is in accordance
with
the US Data
Protection Act 1998.

Best regards,
Dr.Spencer Reid,
Recruiting Manager.


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