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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: "Alpha HelpLine and Claims Ltd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <employments@alphahcl.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:31:44 +0100
Subject: Online employment (Work on Comission)

 
I am Mr. Rapheal Domingos, exports manager of Alpha Helpline and Claims Ltd, company located in the United Kingdom. We are a company that deal on Oil and Chemical Products and also export them into the United Arab Emirates(U.A.E). But presently, we are been faced with some problems, most especially in the issue of receiving payments from our clients we have in U.A.E who prefer to pay us with other payment methods rather than cash due to the high sums involved.
 
And presently we find it very cumbersome in receiving these payments due to the new monetary policy in our banking systems here in venezuela and this is gradually crippling our business. We have numerous customers in U.A.E and we cannot afford to lose them due to this problem. In an attempt in finding a lasting solution, we are currently searching for LEGAL AND OFFICIAL ONLINE REPRESENTATIVES who can help us establish an easy medium of getting to our customers in U.A.E as well as making payments through the representative to us.
 
We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our Payment/Remittance Representative to act as our agent who shall receive
payments on our behalf from our customers in your region. Do clearly NOTE that this commitment is not time consuming; hence it can be done alongside any other job of yours. Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay you for your services to act as our representative in your region. And in subsequent time to come we will provide you with the privilege of visiting any of the countries where our branches/outlets are located.
 
Notify your interest by sending the following information required below to this official,
 
Representative Informations Required:
1.Full names
2.Full Contact Address :
3.Sex
4.Marital Status:
5.Present Occupation (Company And position)
6.Phone Number/Fax  Mobile
7.Age
 
Upon receipt of this requested information you will attended to in the
shortest possible time and further official details will be made known to
you.
 
Thanks In advance
Respectfully yours,
Raphelo Domingos
Alpha Claims & Helpline ltd.,
107 Cheapside, London EC2V 6DN UK
T: +44 703 599 5355
Email: employments@alphahcl.com

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