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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 Raji <apply@work.com>
Reply-To: thomasraji0001@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:10:44 +0800
Subject: Employment !!! Are You Interested?

Goodday,

Recently we came across your contact on craigslist and we think that you may make an excellent addition to the Usha Martin family!.
Welcome to Usha Martin Ltd. One of the ten best Indian source for quality Steel and Metallurgic Products. Visit our website www.ushamartin.com for more
information about us and placing orders.

Meanwhile, We are experiencing enormous challenges in attending promptly to our customers demand due to increased demands from the U.S which we have not been able to process competently since we do not have a Financial Officer in U.S.
Hence, We decided to employ Contract home employees (Telecommuters) to help us in this regard in processing payments, You are not involved in any sales, you will also serve as an Usha Martin represent
Martin representative in your Country and as such you would be in a conduit for the payments coming from customers in your region.
BENEFITS:

*You will earn an enviable monthly salary of $4,000.
*You have salary option of Monthly or Bimonthly payment.
*You will work for a little less than 7hrs a week.

Should you be interested in taking up this job position send a reply containing the following information to our Head of human resources department
Thomas Raji.

Full Names:
Contact Address(P.O. Box not allowed):
City/State/Zip Code:
Home/Cell Phone Numbers:
Email Address:
Age:
Sex:
Marital Status:
Present Occupation:

We shall get back to you after receiving these information to confirm your
placement in our company.

Yours faithfully,
Rocky Gupta.

Director of Finance
Usha Martin Ltd, Kolkata
India

If you have responded to us before please do not respond again because multiple entry will be disqualified.

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