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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "money order " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- onlinejoboffer22@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Online Job Offer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <onlinejoboffer22@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:25:56 +0100
Subject: Online Job Offer
Good Day,
Do you want to work from home and earn $2,500 - $4000 every month? we are currently seeking
full-time & part-time workers around the world. You can earn a significant income every
month with no experience. Kindly Send Your Name: Address: Phone: to Mr Smith :
onlinejoboffer22@hotmail.com or contact for more information
More Information about the Job.
***YOUR TASK IS TO CO-ORDINATE PAYMENTS FROM CUSTOMERS AND HELP US WITH
THE PAYMENT PROCESSING***
We will be glad to offer you a job position in our company, Nastle Fabrics Limited)/we need
someone to work for the company as a Representative in all part of the world. This is in
view of our not having an office presently in Countries. You dont need to have an Office and
this certainly wont disturb any form of work you have going on at the moment.
BENEFIT IS AS FOLLOWS:-
* The average monthly income is about 2000..Pounds
* No form of investments from you....
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day....
* You do not pay any form of taxes....
REQUIERMENTS:
* Name..................
* Address...............
* City..................
* State.................
* Postal Code...........
* Phone.................
* Email.................
* Age...................
* Occupation............
If you are interested in being our representative out there please get back to this email
with the informations asked below to start receiving payment Money Order from our customers
and start cashing right away.
Example: Get a Check or a crdeit card transfer of 1000$ and get
10%off the 1000$ which is 100$as your salary immediately.
Regards.
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