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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: "automobile group" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:20:49 -0400
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Sir/Madam,
We are an automobile group in North America.
We are currently looking to hire a number of sales representatives from
your country.
Buyers from Asia, Europe and Africa have showed an interest in purchasing
our products online, What we need now is a means of getting their payments
reached to us, mostly buyers that does not have credit cards as the management
accept most US credit cards and payment are only able to process online at this
time.

At this time most of our agents sell through alibaba, eBay, Walmart, plimus,
fastspring, amazon etc.

Your role would be to receive delivery of the products that were ordered by our
customers and then direct the delivery once you have confirmed payment.

Our Management will be responsible for all shipping and handling.
You will need to provide us with an active bank account where you will collect
payments in for us as well as physical address where our products will be shipped
to you through DHL, FEDEX or any other Government Postal Services.

Get back to us if you are by any means interested with the offer.

Regards,
Cynthia Barbra

Cc: Calvin Bunion
1988 Elston St.
Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA 19138
United States
Telephone: +1520-720-0924
Fax: +1-561-952-4688

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