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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: "P/B Leather products Intl." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <office4repseek2010pbryantuk@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:20:27 +0100
Subject: ATTN: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED P/B LEATHER PRODUCTS LTD, UK

Dear Representative.

I represent P/B Leather products International, based in the UK. My company exports finished leather products and other goods/services for world trade.Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly? P/B Leather products Ltd needs a Book-Keeper in U.S.A and Canada, In this regard, i would like to know if you would be interested to work from home and get paid for the services you render without leaving or it affecting your present Job. We are recruiting individuals to work for the company as Representatives/Book Keeper from the countries listed above. We have customers we supply weekly in these countries and our customers make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders, Bankers Draft and Cashier's checks, checks which are not readily cashed outside Canada and the country of issuance. so we need Someone in the above regions listed above to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our customers. P/B Leather products international is offering a 20% co

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

All you need to do is receive payments from our customers, notify us on payment delivery to you, get it cashed at your bank or any financial institution that does such tasks and then forward the balance after deduction of your percentage to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to by me. (Payment is forwarded either by Money Gram, Western Union Money Transfer, pay pal or Bank Transfers). Our payments will be issued out in your name and address. On receipt of payment, you are to get them cashed at your bank immediately and then deduct your commission and forward the balance to the company. We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week and you'll have a lot of free time doing another job, you'll get good income and regular job. But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for workers who satisfy our requirements and we would be glad if you accept this job offer. If you feel that you are a serious, earn


APPLICATION FORM: PLEASE FILL AND SEND BACK IMMEDIATELY IF INTERESTED.


FIRST NAME............ LAST NAME..............
ADDRESS.......................................
CITY...................... STATE..............
ZIP CODE................ COUNTRY..............
PHONE NUMBER (S)...............................
GENDER.............. MARITAL STATUS............
AGE................. NATIONALITY...............
HAVE YOU DONE THIS BEFORE PLEASE INDICATE YES OR NO?

PLEASE EMAIL ME ON MY DIRECT AND PRIVATE EMAIL IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WORK: office4repseek2010pbryantuk@gmail.com


Thank you for your time and warmest regards.


Yours Sincerely,

Sir.Paul Bryant.
P/B LEATHER PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL.
159 HAINAULT AVENUE
ESSEX
SS0 9EU






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