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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Only Gadgets" <carmen.onlygadgets@bestjobcandidate.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:01:23 -0700
Subject: RE: You have a new message from Careerbuilder


We are glad that you showed an interest in an opening in our company. My
name is Carmen White, and I am the HR Manager of Only Gadgets Ltd. I would
like to say a few words about our company and its area of activity.



Our company was founded in 2007 in London UK, Only Gadgets Ltd is one of the
largest electronics and gadget selling companies to millions of our
customers -- businesses, groups and individuals. The Only Gadgets Ltd logo
is a trusted symbol of dependability. Naturally, you have great expectations
regarding your career and that means you will need plenty of room - to grow,
to explore your potential and to realize your goals. HR Manager of Only
Gadgets Ltd needs a responsible, honest, self motivated and reliable
individual to work for the company as our Legal Representative in USA. This
is in view of us not having an office presently in the USA. You don't need
to have an office and this certainly will not disturb any form of work you
have going at the moment.

About the job:



The average monthly income is about 6,000.00 USD

This job takes only 1-2 hours per day



Because of the today's situation on the financial market, there is a vacancy
to be filled in our company; the job opening is that of a Legal
Representative within the US. This opening will help our company to reduce
taxes that we are obliged to pay to the government each month. And we offer
you one of the highest salaries on the market today and the minimal
expenditures of time!

Presently with the amount of orders we have we cannot put them on hold for
fear of losing our customers, secondly we cannot cash these payments from
the US soon enough, as international checks take about 28 working days for
cash to be made available here in London UK. We lose about 75,000 USD of net
income each month because we have money transfer delays. Your task is to
coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You
are not involved in any sales.


We make direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and
sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX).The
customer receives and check the products, after this has been done the
customer has to pay for the products. We accept all forms of payment but
most of our customers pay using Bank Checks and so in order to solve this
problem and not lose any of our customers we have decided to open this new
job position. This job is legal according to the U.S. legislation as it is
today.



Your tasks are:



1. Receive payment from our customers.
2. Cashing the checks at your existing bank account.
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on each payment processed.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices
you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to be forwarded by
Western Union Money Transfer).



Local money transfers take barely a few hours, so it will give us a
possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately. For example you've
got 3000.00 USD, you deduct your commission: 300.00 USD and then send to us
the balance: 2700.00 USD. In the first month you will have 15-20
transactions after checking your background records, 3,000.00-6,000.00 USD
so you may calculate your income. For example 20 transactions each around
3000.00 USD gives you a total income of 6,000.00 USD plus your basis monthly
salary is 1,600.00 USD. Total: 7,600.00 USD per month and after establishing
a close co-operation with us you'll be able to operate with larger orders
and you'll be able to earn more. You will also deduct fees that are related
to this job (gasoline, western union fees, bank commissions etc) from our
balance, not from your salary or commissions. The checks will vary from:
$500.00 to $3,000.00. We will also send you a 1099 Form for tax deduction on
your part.


Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in
your existing bank account, we don't accept newly created bank accounts,
because it slows the cashing process. Deduct your percentage and forward the
balance to the company attorney manager via western union money transfer,
the name will be given to you later after cashing a payment. This job takes
only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job;
you'll get good income and a regular job. This job is very challenging and
you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies
our requirements and will be an earnest assistant.



Next step: If you feel that you are a serious and earnest worker and you
want to work for Only Gadgets Ltd, please answer a couple of questions:



First: How old is the account that you are planning to use for cashing
checks from our company?



Second: I am interested if you have ever worked in this line of work for
processing payments (processed checks for another company) and if yes please
provide the period, what company and the reason you do not work for them any
longer?



We wait for your answers and if you are still interested, in the next email
we will send you the representative contract.



Carmen White

Only Gadgets Ltd

54 Ossory Road

London, SE1 5AN

United Kingdom

FAX 011-44-159-315-2044

FAX 011-44-545-288-3585






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