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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: "JACK WILLIAM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <williamjack26@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:39:57 +0100
Subject: PART-TIME JOB OFFER FOR YOU

It Is my pleasure to present to you an online job offer from our reputable company, STOCK FABRICS.

STOCK FABRICS is a textile company that produces clothing materials such as Batiksmaterials, Assorted fabrics and Traditional costume worldwide here in Belgium.

We are glad to advertise a job position in our company. we are currently using this opportunity in looking for an honest and reliable representative in your country who will assist us as a link between us and our clients over there.

Presently with the amount of Orders we have, we cannot put them on hold for fear of loosing the customers out rightly. Secondly we cannot cash payments from outside the Australia soon enough, as international Cheques take about 15-20 working days to clear. 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 speed up the payment process.

About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheques & Bank Transfers, based on the amount involved. We have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed at your bank or other Cashing Services. Deduct 10% commission our firm has agreed to allocate to you on every transaction and forward the balance to the company. If you are interested, please send to me the listed information below:

Your full name :
Sex and Age :
Home Address :
Zip Code:
Country:
Occupation:
Telephone number(s) :
Bank Name:

ONLY SERIOUS AND INTERESTED PERSONS SHOULD PLEASE REPLY:

JACK WILLIAM
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
STOCK FABRICS.
www.stock-fabrics.net

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