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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: "Represent L.V in Canada" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dmemo85@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:58:55 +0200
Subject: Re: Ref 293/rep

Louis Vuitton Trading Ltd
#133 zoneng road linhai zhejiang
Ref 293/rep

Would you like to work and Represent Louis Vuitton Trading Ltd. from Home/Temporarily and get paid Monthly?
We are glad to offer you a job/position at Louis Vuitton Trading Ltd.
You do not need to have an Office and this certainly will not affect your present job.
You will be receiving outstanding payments from our clients.

* No form of investments from you.
* This job takes only 1 hour per day


If interested reply with below information to
dmemo85@yahoo.com.hk

*Full Names
*Age
*Home Address (not P.o Box)
*City
*State
*Zip
*Occupation.
*Phone number


N.B: Send all responses to dmemo85@yahoo.com.hk for fast correspondence from us.

Best Regards,
Zou Lee

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