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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. David Dean" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr_ddean@sify.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:13:44 +0100
Subject: Employment Offer.

(Open only to US/UK/Canadian/South American/Europe/Asia Citizens and Residents)

Need a second job?
Are you looking for a part-time, spare-time or full-time income?
See how you can add up to $6,000 a month to what you are already making...in just 10-12 hours a week!

Dear Sir/Madam,

I represent David Dean Inc. Ltd based in the UK. My company exports
finished leather products and other goods/services for world trade. Would
you like to work online from home and get paid weekly? David Dean Inc needs
a Book-Keeper in the United States,United Kingdom,Canada,South America,Europe and Asia. So I want to know if
you will like to work from home and get paid for the services being rendered
without leaving or affecting your present Job. We are recruiting individuals
to work for the company as a Representative/Book Keeper in the countries
listed above. We have customers we supply weekly in these countries and
our customers make payments for our supplies every week in form of Check
and Wire Transfer.

So we need someone in the above regions listed above to work as our
representatives/book keepers and assist us in processing the payments from
our customers and we are offering 10% of the payment received which will
be your payment for each transaction on every payment processed.

Responsibilities:
* Preparing purchase orders and checks for verification and signature
* Mailing out checks to customers and staffs
*Keeping of records of every transactions made
*Making out and Receiving payments

Any other related duties as may be reasonably assigned by the Accountant
Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in
your bank deduct your commission and forward the balance to the company.

We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job takes
only 3-7 hours per week and you'll have a lot of free time doing another
job, you'll get good income and regular job. But this job is very
challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for workers
who satisfy our requirements and we would be glad if you accept this job
offer. If you feel that you are a serious, earnest and trustworthy worker
and if you want to work for David Dean Inc, a letter of employment would
be sent to you and you would fill it out and send back via email. You will
receive necessary information in 1-48 hours.

It would not cost you any amount because the tax and everything has been
sorted out.You are to receive payments which will be sent to you by FedEx or
UPS from my business partners, which would come in form of a money
order/check then you are to cash it and send the cash to me via western
union money transfer or money gram money transfer, all transfer fees
should be deducted from the money.

Only serious and interested applicants/workers should reply filling the
application form below:

APPLICATION FORM
FIRST NAME.............. LAST NAME.............
ADDRESS..................(P.O.Box Not Accepted)
CITY..................... STATE................
ZIP CODE................ COUNTRY...............
PHONE NUMBER (HOME AND CELL)...............................
GENDER..............
AGE.....................
EMAIL..........................................
HAVE YOU DONE THIS BEFORE? YES OR NO...........
BANK NAME.....................
BRIEF WORK EXPERIENCE..........................

The above information should be forwarded to me so we can start business.

NOTE: EMPLOYEES WITH COMPANY ACCOUNT WILL BE GRANTED PREFERENCE.
We await your swift response. Thank you for your time and warmest regards.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr. David Dean
David Dean Inc.
59 Ballogie Avenue,
Neadson, NW10 1SY
United Kingdom

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