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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.
- kanewillys@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Dalston Mill Fabrics Ltd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kanewillys@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 12:04:38 +0100
Subject: Work Online and get Paid Weekly.
Dear -,
I represent recruiting company Web Recruit specialized in searching the candidates at the request of employers all over the world.I have found this position on Career Builder.There is a position available at the moment offered by European company. Please see below a short description of this position.
Assistant Director
I'm pleased to offer you a part time employment as a representative of European company, interested in expanding the business to the US market. The company will create the web site oriented to the US customers with high revenues guaranteed by the complex of high-performance promotional measures. In spite of the project's intricate, your duties will be quite easy to perform. No special education or experience are required from your side. Your personal manager will lead you step by step to the success by providing you with detailed and quite easy to understand instructions. This position has a very high potential in a personal income boost as a result of business growing all in all.The minimum salary at this position is $30,000/year (5 from the project revenues). There are no fees to pay from your side.As a part-time position it will take only 7-9 hours a week to perform the duties. The same time the company offers you a long term business relationship that is definitely very !
important in difficult times of fi
First Name:................................
Last Name:................................
Address:................................
City:................................
State:................................
Zip Code:................................
Country:................................
Phone Number:................................
Gender:................................
Age:................................
To ask for detailed description including duties and responsibilities of the position just respond to this offer with the following subject:"Interested in getting the position of Assistant Director."or in case you don't like this offer for any reason, please let me know and I'll try to find something else for you.
Best regards,
Kane Williams
kanewillys@yahoo.com
London.United Kingdomited Kingdom
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