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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Steve Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevemorgan@centrum.cz>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:35:36 -0400
Subject: JOB OFFER
Greetings,
I am Mr Steve Morgan from Car Shop Inc.We need a representative from USA
/CANADA/UK/EUROPE who can be working for us as a Payment Officer.we receive
Payments from clients in form of Money Orders,Check and wire
transfer(Account) for which it's always too expensive and stressful for me
to come down and receive such payment so We decided to contact you.As a
Payment Officer for the company all you have to do is below:
JOB DESCRIPTION
Receive Documents/Payments in form of Check, Money Order,wire
transfer(account)
Deduct 10% which will be your percentage
Forward balance after deduction of percentage to the
companies Account.
Also you will be entitled to a monthly salary payment of $1000.
Email back with the Info below
NAME:
FULL ADDRESS(not p.o. box):
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
PHONE NUMBER:
Steve Morgan
Human Resources Manager
Car Shop Inc.
421 12th street
Moline, IL 61265
Web: http://www.carshopinc.com
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