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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: Dennis Ridout <gridd027@msn.com>
Reply-To: <denrid@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 03:32:53 +0000
Subject: Attn:Part-Time Job Offer



Hillside Textiles is a company that sells fabrics and textiles
to companies and private parties in wholesale.We have offices
in the UK and Africa.We sell and distribute our products to
customers in the US and all over the world.The company is having
difficulties in selling our products to US/Canadian residence as
they offer to pay in either checks or money orders,which is difficult
for us to cash in the UK or Africa.And this is making us lose most
of our customers already.



We are looking for a representative in the US/Canada who will be
working for the company as a part time worker and we will be willing to
pay 10% for every transaction,which would not affect your present state
of work.someone who would help in receiving payments from our customers
in the US/Canada.The cost of coming to the states to get payments
is very expensive,this is basically why we need a representative in the united
states/canada who will be handling the payment aspect.



These payments are in form of checks/money orders and they
would come to you in your name, so all you need do is cash them,
deduct your percentage and wire the rest back. you should be aware
that the company is not scared of entrusting its money into anyones
hands as it is a dully registered and recognized company and would
not hesitate to report any scam artist to the country's law enforcers
for proper investigations to be carried out on any scam against it.



This job would not cost you any amount,you are to receive payments
which will be sent to you from our customers,then you are
to cash them and send the cash via western union money transfer to
anywhere you might be required to send the funds to (this could
either be the uk office or africa office),all transfer fees should be
deducted from the funds to be sent and not from your share.



If interested,please send replies to denrid@gmail.com with the
following details:



*FULL NAME
*HOME ADDRESS
*PHONE NUMBER
*SEX
*AGE



These details are needed for our customers to get across to you with
their payments.We need your urgent reply to enhance improved productivity.





Regards
Dennis Ridout
Director Accounts
Hillside Textiles
+447024060803















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