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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: "K.V.C. RICE COMPANY LIMITED" <ride4gold2011@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: kvcricecompltd@qatar.io
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:11:22 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO YOU




K.V.C RICE COMPANY LIMITEDPlot 792 Tetteh Quarshie Round About, Spintex Road Accra Ghana.  Good Day,        My name is Mr. Kojo Kwame, A sales Manager to the above mentioned company. We are rice miller; our rice mill is located at the Central Region of Ghana, Accra. We produced Thai parboiled rice more than 30 years; we started our export of Thai parboiled rice to much country for the past 18 years.       Before I proceed, I will like to ask you a question. Have you ever work with a company and was able to have time to work for another company? If you are jobless, are you not tired of been jobless.     Our company has a very big exclusive contract all over the world like Russia,Armenia, Belgium, most of all African Countries and most especially the United State of America. We export our products to these countries of which we have many customers.         For me as a sales Manager going to all over these countries all the time to
cash cheques paid by customers is too stressful for me. Therefore, you are hereby employed as our Book keeping/Money Collector in order for our esteemed customers to pay through you. You don’t need to be a professional before you apply for this job. This job has nothing to do with your present job nor will disturb it as well. All you have to do is to receive payment from our valued customers.        NOTE: - You shall be entitled to 10% of all payments that will be made through you. If you are interested in the job offer, kindly get back to me with the under mentioned requirement. NAME: (FULL NAME)RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:AGE:MARITAL STATUS:SEX:CURRENT JOB:SCAN COPY OF YOUR I.D. CARD: Regards.Mr. Kojo Kwame.

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