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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: adeopen@mail.apeasternpower.com (may be fake)
Reply-To: greatfuturerecruitment@consultant.com
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:07:11 +0100
Subject: Recruitment Notice




GREAT FUTURE RECRUITMENT,LONDON
88 1ST DRIVE AVENUE,N/E
HAMPSTEAD-LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM


ATTENTION:

This is to inform you that we,GREAT FUTURE RECRUITMENT,LONDON,a job
recruitment agency,standing as recruiting agent to numbers on high profile
companies,here in London,are looking to recruit workers for some of our
clients having vacancy in their companies.

We are looking to recruit quality applicants in the Finance/Account,
Sales/Marketing, Customer Service, Store Keepers, Field labourers,
HR/Administration, Mech/Civil Engineering sectors.
Experience and confidence are vital criteria for recruitment

Salary Range:£30,000 - £48,000 P/Annual
Contract Tenure:1-3 Yrs

We do not charge for processing application as this is not necessary.We
have 5% of the salary as our entitlement for every staff we recruit for
our clients.
Note that we do not bear cost of re-location for any employee,as your
present location is not our issue.

All interested applicants should submit their cv/resume on application.To
apply for any position in the above mentioned vacancy,Contact:

Hamilton Dawson: +447017039095
Email: greatfuturerecruitment@consultant.com

All shortlisted candidates would be interviewed, if considered eligible
for employment. Candidates should be prepared to work in UK

Good luck.

Kenneth Cambridge
Public Relation Officer

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