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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: "Leo Mart" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <julianmark28@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 07:31:19 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend...


Hello dear friend!

We are happy to announce about the upcoming employee
recruiting at the Houston CORP. Yes, the vital moment has come
and Your chance of getting the top-rated financial manager
position is as close as never before. The primary concern of
all employees of Houston CORP. is our continuous effort for
complete satisfaction of our customers in terms of service,
for maintaining the highest level of quality and reliability
of the services we provide.

For the initial period we are offering a part-time employment,
later depending on your activity results you can turn to the
full-time employment. As for now, the position of the Houston CORP. abroad financial manager that is based on punctuality,
managerial abilities and responsibility includes the following
requirements:

1. Be able to check your email several times a day

2. Be able to respond to emails immediately

3. Be able to work overtime if needed

4. Be responsible and hard working

5. Be able to open bank accounts for company needs (if needed)

6. Should have personal bank account

You will also receive detailed instructions for subsequent
actions from our manager with information how to
receive/transfer the money.

The entire process is quite simple. Enter our site below and
enter the required personal information. We guarantee that no
other third party will have an access to any source with your
personal information storage. After that You will have to open
an account in one of the banks Houston CORP. is working with.
You will receive payments from our clients to Your bank
account and after the withdrawal the money should be sent to
our abroad agents either via the Western Union money transfer
service or via the Money Gram postal/financial transfer
office. These services are most popular and convenient in
today's world of intense financial activity and the purpose of
increasing the customers' satisfaction.

Payment for Your services:

You will receive from 5% to 10% from the total amount of money
You receive to Your bank account for every successive
transaction. Your Houston CORP. activity will take no more that
8-10 hours per week and approximately Your weekly income will
be around 500-800 AU dollars. You bear the responsibility for
safety of this money. We also examine the money origin and the
customer's honesty to provide legality and safety of our
business for all our abroad employees. Our reputation is very
important to us, therefore think twice before accepting our
offer. We only work with honest and responsible people.

Don't hesitate to contact us and ask any questions.

We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Now enter the site to look through all the information You
need here!

Send Your resume to mail : julianmark28@yahoo.com

P.S

If You prove to be a well-motivated and diligent employee of
Houston CORP., we might open our branch in Your home-town with
You taking the leading position in this business affair. It's
all up to You whether You want to live Your life with respect
and high-financial ground or not.

Thanks
Information officer.
Leo Mart.

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