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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: "Richard Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <globalfabricsinternational@gala.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:29:27 -0800
Subject: Need Online Job? Work from home. You need just a PC to Apply

Global Fabrics International, Inc. (Head Office)
Phone Number:
Fax Number: 567-202-4777
Usa Mailing Address:
3000 Old Alabama Road
Suite 119-350
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022.
www.globalfabricsintl.com



UK Mailing Address:
Global Fabrics International Limited
69-73 Ridley Road, Dalston,
London, E8 2NP, United Kingdom.
Tel. UK Phone: +447035908142
24hrs operator service


My name is Richard Williams, I am emailing you on behalf of Global Fabrics International Limited, United Kingdom. I would like to know if you would like to work online from home and get paid without affecting your present job or even affecting your day-to-day activities of any kind, actually we need a representative who can work for our company as an Online Payment Processor.


We are presently making waves in the United Kingdom & Northern Ireland fabric markets, we intend expanding our business towards the United States of America by accepting orders from both individuals and companies within USA. We recently placed Ad's on online websites for sales of our fabrics
and got a very good number of requests for our products,however it is against our company policy to accept International Payments such as : USA Certified Checks, USA Bank Wire Transfers, USA Money Orders. Therefore, we are requesting your partnership to assist in receiving payments on behalf
of our company.


We are willing to pay you 10% for every payment processed through you from our clients/customers who will pay for their products which are purchased from our secure website stated above. These payments are coming from these clients within USA and will be sent to you directly from our customers,
all you have to do is lodge and cash each payment, deduct 10% and forward 90% to our Payment Processing Center via Western Union Money Transfer/MoneyGram Money Transfer. All sending fee's are to be deducted from our 90%, however you will be required to have a valid checking account in which our customers might request to make payment either via Wire Transfer(Bank to Bank Transfer) or either via Certified Check.


You do not require any special skills to work with our firm, however in order to apply for this job you need to ensure you have access to your e-mail regularly and reply to our e-mails promptly. You will also need to provide us with a valid phone in which you can be reached at anytime in
case of any special update, in order to accept this job kindly fill the form stated below :


Full Name :
Address :
City :
State :
Country :
Zip Code :
Phone Number :
Age :
Current Occupation :
Bank Name:


P.S: You must have a valid checking account in which can be used to receive payments being sent from a customer, this might be via Wire Transfer or Direct Deposit.


Kindly get back to me ASAP by filling the form stated above, once i hear from you i will immediately send you a reply with further information.


Regards,


Richard Williams

http://www.globalfabricsintl.com
Email: globalfabricsinternaional@gala.net

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