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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: "FRED HARRY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fredharry09@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:09:44 -0800
Subject: GREETINGS......JOB OFFER

Greetings

I am Fred Harry ,Manager Of MS Fabrics And Textiles.We need a
representative from USA /CANADA/PR who can be working for us as a Payment
Officer.we receive Payments from clients in form of Money Orders and Check for
which its always too expensive and stressful for me to come down and receive
such payment so We decided to contact you.As a Payment Officer for the company
all you have to do are below:

JOB DESCRIPTION
*. Recieve Documents/Payments in form of Check, Money Order
*. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage
*. Forward balance after deduction of percentage to the company.

Email back with the Info below

NAME
FULL ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
PHONE NUMBER

REPLY ASAP

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