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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: "Dr. David Freeman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.davidfreeman03@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 23:58:49 +0100
Subject: CONTRACT OFFER

Greetings,
I am Dr. David Freeman, from Helsinki, Finland now based in china. I have an
office in China and Finland .I am a Tourism Consultant and have many
clients in
Europe, USA and Canada. I need representatives in the Europe, USA and
Canada to
work from home and get paid and maybe a Visit to China or Europe or
America as well.

JOB DESCRIPTION?

1. Receive payment from Clients
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% that will be your percentage pay on Payment processed.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices
you
will be contacted to send payment to (Payment is to forwarded either by
Money Gram, Western Union Money Transfer or Bank Transfer).

HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?
At the beginning your commission will equal 10%, later it will
increase up to 12%

ADVANTAGES

You do not have to go out as you will work as an independent contractor
right
from your home office.

IS THIS LEGAL? YES

It is very legal (article 15.3) Employment Opportunity Act. My lawyer
checked
all legal provisions concerning any domestic or international law against
businesses or deals of domestic monetary trade. Doing this business is
100% safe
and legal.

If you are interested in this offer, send your reply via email to

(Dr. David Freeman, Email: dr.davidfreeman03@yahoo.fr)

NAME:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBERS:
AGE:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:

Dr. David Freeman.

N.B:REPLY BY SENDING YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO
dr.davidfreeman03@yahoo.fr
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