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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: "COURTAGE COTTON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barjohnmike79@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:35:32 -0500
Subject: READ CAREFULLY

Greetings,

We humbly seek your assistance to work with our firm as satellite
representative in your region. Due to increasing bank commission and
charges which makes it almost impossible for us to make little or no
profit from sales at the end of each export we therefore decided to
approach the satellite representatative system.

Our factory has been setup in two major west African cities cotonou
Benin and Lome Togo since 1995, supplying west Africa sub region
Batik,wax-print,fabrics and agro commodity products of the finest
quality and standard.


Presently we just entered into new contractual agreements with some
fashion house for continuous and large supply from our firm twice
every Month to them in USA/EUROPE/AUSTRALIA.

Our new buyers in USA, Europe and Australia according to the agreement
shall be Making payments for our supplies strictly by secured Bank
Transfer/ Cheques. For effectiveness and efficiency reasons, I have
been Charged to recruit, short list and employ an administrative
Part-Time Representative/Book-keeper for the company so as to
eliminate the Discomfort we are encountering on transfer charges here
at our local bank and aswell the delay before payments are processed.

The details of the position is described and summarized below.

PLEASE NOTE: Primarily, what you will be doing for the company is
receiving payments from our clients within USA/Europe and Australia,
Get it duly processed in your bank, Deduct your commission (10%), and
forward the balance to the company through the company's accountant
and strictly according to the company's instructions.

Fill and return the application form below and return as soon as
possible and thereafter, you will be notified if short listed and
employed for the position.

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBER:
GENDER:
MARITAL STATUS:
AGE:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION:

Regards,

BOBBY CHALTON

Employment Director

N..B : NO UPFRONT PAYMENT REQUIRED

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