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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. Greg Spinelli" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.gregspinelli@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 07:53:47 +0800
Subject: SIMPLE JOB OFFER


Hello!


There are jobs vacancies in the Tourism Industry.Self introduction-My name is Dr.Greg Spinelli,the owner of Explore Asia ,a tourism firm.I have offices in
five countries in Asia.
The service we provide-
1.Book Flight Ticket for our clients from relaible airline
2)Provide befiting Accomodation for our client in the country they wish to visit
3)Also,make provision for accomodation and security measures
We need to make these services available to them in a timely manner which require us to look for a payment collector there in the United Statesor , Canada and Europe .
We have nunerous clients in North America and Europe continents that intends visiting many part of Asia.
Nature of Job-
A) Our client will send payment to you for processing
B)You will have the payment means Processed at your bank
C) Your service charge will be 10%( which will be deducted from the amount you received.
D) You will be required to forward the rest amount after deduction of your 10% to any of our tourist assistants via western union.
After a month of working sincerely with the tourism firm,Our legal department shall come to your country to discuss with you all legal papers that will most ascertain you a our funds collector.Meaning your work for a month will be under probation .
If you find this available jobs opportunity interesting,Fill adquately the following below
Full name:-
Contact Address:-
City:-
Sate:-
Zip code:-
Country:-
Age:- , Sex:- and Occupation:-

Dr. Greg Spinelli

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