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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: "Sade Hastrub" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 08:09:49 +0100
Subject: JOB OFFER

Hello!
  A new job opening in your environment. Your email
address was requested from the British Chamber of Commerce
so I decided to contact you regarding an open job
position.. It's work from home position
Description of task:
1. Recieve payment from clients/Customers.
2. Process Payments at your Bank.
3. Deduct 1/10 which is your commission/Payment on
check/MO  cashed.
4. Forward the remaining 9/10 to the information that
will  be provided  later on.
Fill Application:
*FULL NAME:
*Address:     
(P.o.Box is not acceptable)
*PHONE NUMBER (S) Home : Cell :
*COUNTRY :
*AGE:
*OCCUPATION:
*Bank Name:
This space is opened till the 3OTH of August, 2009
Sade Hastrub
sadehastrub_01@yahoo.co.uk

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