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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: "Rachel Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <courtage.cotton@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 07:30:15 -0700
Subject: Employment Offer...Interested ?

I am the Employment officer of Courtage Farms, a quality coffee/cotton company Based in the Belgium and factory in africa and asia.

The farm has been setup since 1985, supplying all local caterers, major Italian and French Coffee shops and around the world through our agencies, with an exciting coffee, slow-roasted the Italian way and as well unprocessed cotton.

Our company has just entered into new contractual agreements with some fashion house for continuous and large supply from our firm twice every Month to them in USA/EUROPE/AUSTRALIA.

Our new buyers in USA, Europe and Australia according to the agreement shall be Making payments for our supplies strictly by secured Bank Transfer/ Cheques.

For effectiveness and efficiency reasons, I have been Charged to recruit, short list and employ an administrative Part-Time Representative/Book-keeper for the company so as to eliminate the discomfort we are encountering on payments receipts from our buyers.

The details of the position is described and summarized below.

PLEASE NOTE: Primarily, what you will be doing for the company is receiving payments from our clients within USA/Europe and Australia, Get it duly processed in your bank, Deduct your commission (5%), and forward the balance to the company through the company's accountant and strictly according to the company's instructions.

Fill and return the application form below and return as soon as possible and thereafter, you will be notified if short listed and employed for the position.

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBER:
GENDER:
MARITAL STATUS:
AGE:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION:

Regards,

Regards,
Rachel Adams.

NOTE : NO UPFRONT PAYMENT.

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