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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: "Davies Turner" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 02:46:40 -0700
Subject: Davies Turner Part Time Rep Needed

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<img border="0" height="49" src="http://www.daviesturner.com/logistics/pix/nav/logo.gif" width="170" /></font></b></p>
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<p><b><font face="Book Antiqua"><font color="#000000">Dear Prospective
Representative,</font><br />
<br />
<font color="#000000">My name is <span>Philip Stephenson</span>. I am the
recruiting manager for Daviesturner,Our company needs representatives in the
United States,UK and CANADA We would want to know if you would like to work
online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present
job. You are not required to pay any registration fee or pay for any application
form before you get employed. Instead of paying for anything you will be
receiving your weekly pay as soon as you get started</font>.<br />
<br />
.<br />
<br />
<font color="#e5352c">REPRESENTATIVE ROLE</font>:<br />
<br />
<font color="#000000">To receive and process payments from clients within your
region.</font><br />
<br />
<font color="#e5352c">JOB DESCRIPTION</font>:<br />
<br />
<font color="#000000">Due to the fact that our business has spread to various
parts of the world with the help of the Internet, we are in need of a payment
representative in the United States. So, we would like to offer you a
<span id="lw_1266993152_4" class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand">
part time job</span> as our payment representative in your region and you can
earn between $4,000 - $5,000 USD in a month depending on your speed, accuracy
and devotion to your work. Our clients make payments for our products and
services every week. Payments are made mainly through Bank Check, Credit card
payment or a Required Bank in the United states Of America.</font><br />
<br />
<br />
<font color="#000000">Your job will be to receive payment sent to us, deduct
your Commssion ($500 from every payment proccessed) and forward the balance to
us or any of our various branches as you will be&nbsp; instructed to do in our
further emails.<br />
</font><br />
<font color="#e5352c">MAIN REQUIREMENTS</font>:<br />
<br />
<font color="#008000">1) 18 years or older<br />
2) Legally capable<br />
3) Responsible<br />
4) Ready to work 3-4 hours per week<br />
5) With PC knowledge<br />
6) E-mail and Internet experience (minimal)</font></font></b></p>
<p><font face="Book Antiqua"><b><br />
<font color="#000000">If you are interested in our offer, fill the below below
and send your working information's to this email (<a href="http://us.mc1141.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=daviesturner@fastwebmail.it" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:daviesturner@fastwebmail.it">daviesturner@fastwebmail.it</a>)</font><br />
<font color="#000000">complete the form below</font> </b><font color="#ff0000">
<strong>Job Application form</strong><b> - </b></font></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Book Antiqua"><br />
<br />
<font color="#008000">1) FULL NAME:<br />
2) CONTACT ADDRESS {Note A Po Box}:<br />
3) CITY:<br />
4) STATE:<br />
5) ZIP CODE:<br />
6) <span id="lw_1266993152_5" class="yshortcuts">PERSONAL CELL PHONE</span>
NUMBER:<br />
7) SEX:<br />
8) AGE:<br />
9) OCCUPATION:</font><br />
&nbsp;</font></b></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><b><font face="Book Antiqua">
<span id="lw_1266993152_7" class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand">
Davies Turner</span> confirms that any personal data collected from your
application will be used for
<span id="lw_1266993152_8" class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand">
recruitment and selection</span> purposes. Should you be successful in gaining
employment with us, this information will then also be used for employment
purposes.</font></b></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Book Antiqua">All personal data collected will be treated in
accordance with the <span id="lw_1266993152_9" class="yshortcuts">Data
Protection Act</span> and will not be disclosed to a third party.</font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Book Antiqua"><br />
<font color="#e5352c">NB:</font> <font color="#000000">You can visit our website
for more information on our company. Thanks for considering our job offer and we
hope to develop a good working relationship with you.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Very Respectfully,</font></font></b></p>
<p><font face="Book Antiqua"><b><span><br />
<font color="#000000">Philip Stephenson<br />
Joint Managing Director Davies Turner</font></span><font color="#000000"><br />
</font><br />
</b><strong><font color="#000000">Davies Turner &amp; Co. Ltd.</font></strong></font></p>
<p><strong><span class="style1">www.daviesturner.com</span></strong></p>

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