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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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Fraud email example:

From: "TIMOTHY RICHARD WALTER" <ginomassari@rogers.com>
Reply-To: <timothyrichardwalter@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:19:10 -0400
Subject: (NOW HIRING FOR P/T POSITION) DULWISCH PICTURE GALLERY

                                                               Dulwich Picture Gallery,
                                                               Gallery Road, Dulwich,
                                                               London, SE21 7AD
                                                                                    www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
 
Hello,
 
   (DULWISCH PICTURE GALLERY) specialize in serving serve the entire North America and a growing export market, particularly in the supplies of selected Paints including Paints and Arts decorating.
We have a job opening for the position of Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk. Would you like to work from your home and get paid $400 to $500 weekly? We offer excellent growth possibilities, a competitive weekly salary.  
ABOUT US:
    About Our Company, Our Vision, Values, Mission and Operating Principles have been developed to reflect not only our day-to-day work on our core business strategies, but also to guide us through the challenges and opportunities that come with global expansion and rapidly changing markets.
Job Description
    Your primary task for now, as a representative of the company is to Coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer. After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products but in most cases we make our clients prepay for orders or items they order for. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through check based on the
amount involved. We have decided to open this new contract to hire job position for solving this problem.
    Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):
1. Payment will be send directly to you by our customer.
2. You must be checking your email every day to know when payment has been sent to you by our clients
3. Deduct 10 % which 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, youll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you'll get good income ($400 to $500 Per Week) .But this job is very challenging and you should understand it.
   We will consider your application if you are satisfy with our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start running our branch office in Canada.
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      Your response to this email is needed, so that we can reconfirm your address details we have in our database. We will be updating you as soon as the payment is being sent to you and you will be directed as to where to have the remaining 90% of the money sent to, after the deduction of your 10% pay on any payments received and processed by you. A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this email will be appreciated.
 
Thanks for Your Total Understanding.
TIMOTHY RICHARD, WALTER.
Staffing and Recruiting Dept,
Hiring Manager,
DULWISCH PICTURE GALLERY
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
timothyrichardwalter@gmail.com

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