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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: "Richard Robert" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jobin.usa15@live.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:36:17 +0100
Subject: DAILY HOME INCOME

A new job opening in your area, It's a work from home/office position
and you are not required to pay any registration fee or pay for any
application form before you get employed.
Job details (what you'll be doing): All You need to do is recieved
payment from my customer,process it and get 10% on each payment being
processed and you will making at least close to $1,800 weekly.

APPLICATION FORM

Full Name:
Full Address:City,State,Zip code. (NO P.O.BOX ADDRESSES ALLOWED)
Phone Number: ,Age: ,Nationality: ,Marital Status:
Occupation: ,Bank:
Have receive or done an offer like this? Yes or No? If Yes give out come?

intrested get back with this information to (jobin.usa15@live.co.uk)

THANKS,

Richard Robert

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