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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: "Mrs. Nilay Husnu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kenttexiles@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 14:36:06 -0000
Subject: Your urgent response is highly solicited

Dear Sir/Madam, Kenttext Tekstil San Ticaret Ltd.Sti., is aTurkish Textile company, We are glad to reach you today after much market research with the help of our business web administrator and base on your location we want to offer you this opportunity to be our agent/representative in order to handle our customers within the US/CANADA,ASIA and EUROP market field. As our representative, you will act as this company's payment receiving agent as well as placing orders for goods and products from our customers. Note: For every payment you receive from our customers on-behalf of this company, you will be deducting 10% for your services rendered as our payment representative and you are guaranty a minimum pay of 2000-4000 US dollars monthly. Once we are convinced of your great commitment and capability to handle payments,goods and products from our customers, your % will be elevatedto 15% depending on the bank and account which you have.So we need you to act positively towards this offer because its going to be a continuous exercise with this company. Please upon your interest in accepting our offer, provide the following information to this office. Your Full Names = COUNTRY OF ORIGIN = Contact Home Address: = City = State = Personal Phone # = Thereafter, your information will be forwarded to the DOE( Director Of Employment) for more information and onward attention regarding your employment with this company. Your urgent response is highly solicited. Best Regards, Mrs. Nilay Husnu (PUBLICITY OFFICER) KENTTEXTILES FABRIKA COMPANY. Demirtas Organize Sanayi Bolgesi Cigdem 1 Sok. No:17 BURSAR Bizim Kent Konutlari A06 Blog. Istanbul--Turkey. Email:kenttexiles@sify.com

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