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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mr John Winter <john_winter_hall03@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mrjohn_winter_hall@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:58:31 +0000
Subject: From Mr John Winter Hall/ Respond ASAP



>From Mr John Winter Hall/ Respond ASAP


Hello,


I'm John Winter hall from England. We are looking for a Representatives in Australia for a part-time job offer, and we are willing to pay you $400 -$800 per week (depending on how fast you work) We are an Orphanage Home, we are Located at Argo House Kilburn Park Road London NW6 5LF England, We have people and Organizations that are always willing to make donation to us after we have made an appeal to them. We help the less privileges (In Asia/Africa and other Underdeveloped countries) with class programs, Medical Programs, Famine Feed, Educational Programs (TEP) and more.


Now we are demanding for a representative in Australia who will be assisting us in receiving peoples Donations right inside Australia, and we are going to pay you 10% commission of every donation he received for us. Mostly the kind of payment the person will be receiving for us will be a payment that comes inform of bank cheque or money order, as donor’s wishes, it is a free will donation. So if you examine your self and you know that you are enlargeable and legitimate to stand as our agent in your Country Australia, then you can write us back with the requested detailed information’s below.

Below is the basic areas that you will be participating on our behalf as our agent; you are to be receiving only checks or money orders, because that is the areas that we are having problems with. This cheques or money orders always mailed to us from our donor’s through our mailing address from Courier Companies,


So if you know that you’re capable of handling this area for us good and fine.
These are instructions on what you should be doing with the cheques when you receive them. Cash them.... After cashing the check you are to take 10% of the money and send the balance to us through our account that will be provided to you or by other Means.
Mostly the reason why we needed an Agent inside Australia, it is for him to be assisting us in cashing these Cheques inside Australia, because any outside cheques we received do take us 21-30 days for it to be cashed here in UK, while it don’t have to take anytime if the Cheques is been cashed inside Australia, it suppose to be instantly since its Australian to Australian Banks. Again this is another good way that we are using to assist anybody that accepts, in his or her financial bodings. We know that people needs extra money to support there income too, so instead of that tax that bank will be deducting here in UK, it is better it goes to individual. Because we do pay 25% as tax on any outside Cheque we cash inside UK. So with that we decided to be doing it the other way round, it makes the transaction even faster for us and it help people in different Areas and Countries! We are to have one agent in each Country we found donors.

If you are interested in this offer, please kindly reply us immediately, so that we will stop looking for another person. Information’s Below:

1. Your Full Data
2. Your Address Mailing address, Not (p.o box)
3. Your current Home and cell phone Numbers
4. Your Age and Gender.
5. Other Email addresses.
6. Your Drivers License or International passport.

Thus anyone who tries to runaway with our money would be reported, I mean to your Local police Authorities. Can we entrust Orphans Donations in your hand?
God bless you as you reply, please we want a serious employer who can be responding to emails daily and phone calls, and you’re to be keeping us posted all the time.


YOURS FAITHFULLY,
Mr. Winter hall.
Administration Manager.
Argo House
Kilburn Park Road
London NW6 5LF
England.
Tell:+447011173980
Fax:+448704953009
Email:( aldeorphanagehome@administrativos.com
Website: www.alder-consulting.com






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