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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: "VWR International LLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bsmith79791@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 19:44:34 -0300
Subject: Employment Opportunity

Hello

VWR International LLC is a global laboratory supply and distribution company with its headquarter in West Chester, PA. With worldwide sales of $3.5 billion and employs over 6 500 associates in over 20 countries. VWR emhance science by supplying scientific apparatus. Our personnel department in VWR is searching for highly motivated sales entrepreneurs and representatives who excel at delighting their existing customers also to acquiring new customers.

We have sales representatives all over the world to distribute our products, your task is to coordinate payments from customers and payment process. You are not involved in any sales. Our Sales Representative makes direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX). The customer receives and checks the products. After this has been done The customer has to pay for the products. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks, or directly to your bank based on the amount involved.

YOUR TASK

We have decided to open this new job position in US, UK and Canada for solving this problem.

Your tasks are;

1. Receive payment from Customers
2. Payment processing
3. Keeping records of various transactions

Interested applicants should send an email to: (bsmith79791@gmail.com) with the subject bodly written "Sales Reps Application".

As soon as we receive your email another email will be sent to you shortly notifying the status of your application

NOTE: This job is open to applicants in US, UK, and Canada only. Account holders in either of these countries may apply as well.

Thanks
Brian Smith
VWR Recruiting Dept,
110 Hiltop St
LOS Angeles, CA 90013

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