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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.
- 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.
- rugmanagement@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Ruben Garin <job@companies.cy>
Reply-To: rugmanagement@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:55:46 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Job Offer (UK ONLY)
Dear Sir/Ma,
We are offering you another form of income for the time being with our work from home job offer. We are offering a temporary job which really do not require any professional skills. We are looking for interested candidates that can handle our clients business.
You really don't have to have any professional skills for this. All we are looking for right now is United Kingdom based individual to handle paper works, file documents and handle payroll administration to our clients in United Kingdom.
What will be required from you is, a few hours a day and also to pay very close attention to all instructions given to you.
Your Job will be:
Handling all applications with regards to new clients that are based in United Kingdom who are willing to register a company in the United Kingdom and what you will be doing is Filling all papers from these individual companies which will be sent over to you, under their companies name.
Get back to us through our email address below with your Residential address so details can be provided to you about this position : rugmanagement@gmail.com
Best Regards,
Ruben Garin.
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