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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: "Maria And Garcia Lucio" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marialucio0147@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:16:33 -0700
Subject: INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

TO: CEO / MARIA LUCIO
JM INTERGRATIONS.
Calle Aduana, 29
28070 MADRID,SPAIN.
COMPANY WORKING HOUR'S
9:00am to 6:pm all days.
JM INTEGRATIONS
WORKING HOURS 9:00 TO 18:00 MON-FRI
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are glad to offer you for a job position with our company.We need someone to work for the company as a Representative/Book keeper in the USA.

This is in view of our not having an office presently in the USA.Youdon't need to have an Office and this certainly won't disturb any form of work you have going at the moment.Our Company specialists in the sourcing,Outsourcing and Procurement of any commodity from the Eastern
European supply base.

We undertake order placement as a one-off batch and project management of the transfer of an entire series of processes and commodities without compromising quality.We source the following variety ofclothing materials:- batiks,assorted fabrics for interior decor, silk and traditional costumes which we have clients we supply weekly in the USA.

Our integrated network of yarn and fabric manufacturing operations use state-of-the-art textile equipment from the world's leading suppliers.

Order processing,production monitoring and process flow are seamless integrated through a company-wide computer network.

average monthly income is about 5000USD (1000 USD salary inclusive).
* No form of investments from you.
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day About the job:

We have sales representatives all over the world to distribute our
products. It's a known fact,that it's not easy to start a business in a new
market (being the US). There are hundreds of competitors, close direct contacts between suppliers and customers and other difficulties,which impede our sales promotion.We have decided to deliver the products upfront, Presently with the amount of Orders we have, we cannot put them on hold for fear of loosing the customers outrightly.

Secondly we cannot cash these payments from the US soon enough, as international Checks take about 15-20 working days for cash to be made available.Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process.You are not involved in any sales or
marketing.
#YOUR FULL NAME,
#YOUR FULL ADDRESS INCLUDE CITY,STATE AND YOUR ZIP CODE:
#YOUR AGE,
#OCCUPATION AS WELL AND YOUR,:
#MARITAL STATUS , AND YOUR ,
#DIRECT CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
#YOUR BANK NAME (ONLY)

We understand that this job position is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for persons who satisfy our requirements and will be an earnest assistant.We envisage 3-7 work hours per week.If you feel that you are a serious, trustworthy and earnest person and you want to work for JM INTEGRATIONS ,Please respond immediately.

ONLY SERIOUS AND INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS SHOULD PLEASE REPLY. KINDLY FILLIN THE EMPLOYMENT FORM AND SEND VIA EMAIL AND WE'LL CONTACT YOU UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR EMAIL FOR CONFIRMATION.
TO: CEO / MARIA AND GARCIA LUCIO.
JM INTERGRATIONS.
Calle Aduana, 29
28070 MADRID,SPAIN
COMPANY WORKING HOUR'S
9:00am to 6:pm all days.
JM INTERGRATION

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