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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: "Susan Millian" <info@eonlineletters.com>
Reply-To: humanresource@fivestaraliance.net.tc
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:45:30 -0800
Subject: HOTEL JOB VACANCIES IN CANADA


- This mail is a HTML mail. Not all elements could be shown in plain text mode. -

I am Susan Millian from
Canada
, Working with the
Five Star Alliance Hotel Management
; I wish to inform you about the placement of Hotel Jobs availability here in Canada. We seek Job-seekers, men and women, married and single, that would like to work and live in Canada .The
Five Star Hotel
will pay for your
flight ticket
and assist you to process your visa in your country of resident, if you are interested contact the secretary via E-mail:
humanresource@fivestaraliance.net.tc
And we shall reach you with the Hotel information immediately.
Caution: For our old Applicant that have received this information before, kindly ignore this and follow up the law down processes giving to you.
Thanks.
Susan Millian.


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