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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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Fraud email example:

From: Johnson Wax <jw.wax20@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:12:07 +0100
Subject: Eligible Vacancy

Hello ,
My name is Johnson Wax, I live in the United States but presently in England,United KIngdom for an Engineering contract.

I need a part time Personal Assistant urgently to run my errands until I return back to United state by third week in October 2011. I want to use the opportunity as well to establish a big Electronics and Clothing Shopping Mall at the UK. Here below is the job
description.


1. You will run errands for three times a week and two hours each day.
2. You will do my business shopping.
3. You will receive my packages which will be shipped to the nearest UPS office to you. You will go to the UPS office and pick up the
packages. The content of the packages are electronics, clothes, my business and personal letters. You will open the packages and confirm the contents for record purposes.
4. You will ship out some of the packages where I want them to be shipped to. (You don't have to pay for the shipment, all expenses and taxes will be covered by me).
5. You will receive payments from my clients on my behalf which will be written payable to your name. The payments would be in either
Certified Check or Money Order. The payments will be for the services you will be rendering and to do my business shopping.

Job Requirement
1. You must have good communication skills.
2. You must be efficient, reliable, responsible and trustworthy.
3. You must be able to perform your tasks effectively
4. You should be able to work 3 times per week and 2 hours each day.


Payment and Work Duration
The Job will last for three months. I want to open another electronics and clothing store in the US when I return and if there is need to
extend your services, an amendment would be made to your wages and youwill be notified accordingly. I will meet you in person by October 2011,when I return back to the US. I am willing to pay $500 per week. Your weekly payment will be deducted from the payments sent to you by my
clients.

I need the service of a personal assistant because I am always out of town for business trips. The lists of what to shop will
be sent to you via email when am ready. No heavy packages are involved. The shopping will be done at any nearest stores to you. You will be shopping for electronics and clothes. My personal UPS account number will be provided for shipping. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task to be done and funds to cover them.

If interested, please get back to me with the following details:

Your Full Name :
Your Full Address with apt # (Not P.O. Box) :
Your City:
Your State:
Your Zip Code:
Your Cell phone number :
Your Home phone number :
Age :
Present Occupation :

Kind Regards,



Johnson Wax
National Express East Anglia
PO Box 664, 5th Floor,
Baron House, Neville Street,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1PE
Tel: +447024038026 - +447024050106


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