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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: "THOMAS JEKINGS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tomjekings@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 18:58:42 -0500
Subject: JOB OFFER

I am Thomas Jekings, 52, Male/ Winsor,Berkshire in United Kingdom, I work for esources Company in UNITED KINGDOM. Our main factory is located in the United Kingdom and Asia where we extract the raw materials need for the manufacturing of fabrics.

We have many hundreds of satisfied customers throughout the United Kingdom, Europe,USA, Australia, New Zealand and other sister Commonwealth nations. Quite soon we will open representative offices and authorized sales centers in the US and Canada, but presently we are looking for representatives who will assist us in establishing a new distribution network there.

WHY WE NEED YOU.

The international money transfer tax for legal entities for companies is 25%, whereas for individual it is only 7%, there is no sense for us to work this way. while tax for international money transfer made by a private individual is 7%, that is why we need you to receive payment from our clients on our behalf, as a registered representative with our company.

JOB DESCRIPTION?


All you have to do is to receive payment from Clients (either in cash, money order, cashier check, wire transfer), Cash the Payments at your Bank or any cashing point and deduct 10% which would be your percentage pay per transaction, you forward the balance after deducting your 10% (example you received $5,000 from a client of ours, you will deduct $500) and send the rest the funds to any of the branches nationwide. It is very flexible and you don't have to quit your job, it won’t affect your working hours, you could work from home.

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To affirm your interests fill out the information below.

(1) Your full name:
(2) Contact address (Not P.O box):
(3) City:
(4) State:
(5) Zip code:
(6) Tell/cell numbers:
(7) Occupation:
(8) Age:
(9) Sex:
(10)Email:

Thomas Jekings
esources uk
www.esources.co.uk
+ 44 702 406 5056

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