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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: "Michael Woolley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rhensen1@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:57:26 -0800
Subject: WORK FROM HOME FOR A BETTER SALARY!!!

Greetings,

It is my pleasure to write you in respect of Skoon Art Cafe,Scotland United
Kingdom.We produce and export high quality textile materials,fine art

prints,
posters,framed arts and gifts items.

We are seeking for a trustworthy,who can help us establish a medium of

getting
to our customers in USA & CANADA.

You shall be receiving all forms of payment on our behalf from our customers
being our representative. It does not affect your present job,its strictly

an
online job and absolutely legal.You shall have ten percent commission (10%)

on
every payment made through you as your remuneration. You could make over

1200
U.S dollars weekly depending on your response to the job.



JOB DESCRIPTION:


1. Receive payment from customers
2. Process Payments
3. Deduct 10% which will be your commission/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


IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE FURNISH US WITH THE DETAILS BELOW:


1. FULL NAMES. " as it is to be stated in every payment issued to you

On
our behalf"..........................
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS"Where payments will be delivered

to"...................
3. CITY..................................
4. STATE.................................
5. ZIP CODE...............................
6. AGE ..................................
7. GENDER ...............................
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER .....................
9. FAX NUMBER (IF ANY)...................
10. OCCUPATION ...........................
11. ARE YOU EMPLOYED? ....................
12. DO YOU HAVE ANY CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS ?.
13. IF YES, EXPLAIN CIRCUMSTANCES..........
14. HAVE YOU WORKED AS A REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE?.
15. IF YES,IN WHAT CAPACITY?..............


Visit our website:http://www.skoon.co.uk



We are grateful for your attention.Your email was forwarded by

www.monster.co.uk
at our request, because you or somebody else has subscribed for the delivery

of
the job offers on the Internet.


If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as possible.We wish you
good luck and happiness.


Friendly Regards,
Michael Woolley.
Head of Operations

Skoon Art Cafe
4 Geocrab,Isle of Harris
Scotland, HS3 3HB
United Kingdom

If you no longer wish to receive information regarding this Job offer from

Skoon
Art Cafe, please reply to this message with the word "Unsubscribe" in the
subject line

for further details write to : rhensen1@aol.com

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