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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: International Finance Co-op <disneymisst@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jjfelix1960@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:43:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ONLINE PART TIME JOB***GET BACK IF INTERESTED***






International Finance Corperation
http://www.ifc.org/carees
=A0
=A0Dear Sir/Madam,
=A0
My name is Felix James.I would be very interested in offering you a part-ti=
me paying job in
which you could earn alot,Presently, I have just been granted a funding to =
head a research
project in the tropical regions of Western and Eastern Africa, Europe and t=
he South Americans
regarding rare and vulnerable Agricultural Plants Species and assist the po=
verty and pubilc=20
policy and this would be commencing very soon, However my fundings were by =
my American=20
counterparts which sent me the bunch of payments mostly in Bank Transfer,Eq=
uity
Transfer,Credit Card Transfer. Getting an accountant in the US/CANADA or op=
ening an account
would have been my best choice but I have a deadline to meet and taking any=
of those choices
would cost me time and a whole lot of other requirements I am not ready to =
deal with as I would
be traveling a lot in the meantime.
I would be willing to employ you on contract basis to be my payment represe=
ntative back in the=20
states, this way I could issue and make these payment via Bank Transfer,equ=
ity transfer and
Credit Card transfer, withdraw 10% of the total amount on these Transfers a=
s your commission=20
{10% from each operation!} For instance: If 50,000 USD is transfered to you=
r account you will=20
deduct 5,000 USD, and get the remaining funds sent to the company accountan=
t. You will go to
the bank and confirm the transfer and as soon as the funds is confirmed in =
your bank account,
you will withdraw the funds from your bank account and deduct your commisio=
n which is 10%.
I would be glad if you accept my offer and I intend to commence on the job =
as soon as you are=20
ready. If you are interested, email me back at:(jjfelix1960@yahoo.com) so w=
e can make=20
concluding arrangements.
Here are the informations needed for the transfer of the payment and some q=
uestions to confirm=20
which form of payment you will prefer.Which of this form of transfer do you=
have?
DO YOU HAVE A HOME OF EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT :
WHAT IS THE LIMIT OF YOUR HOME OF EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT=20
=A0

DO YOU HAVE A CREDIT CARD:
WHAT IS THE LIMIT OF YOUR CREDIT CARD.
=A0
Your Immediate response will be higly appreciated.
=A0
Yours In Service.
=A0
Felix James
=A0
PLEASE REPLY TO jjfelix1960@yahoo.com=0A=0A=0A

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