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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: "JUDE ANDERSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andersonjude5@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 23:59:04 -0000
Subject: *****ONLINE JOB OFFER*****

Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily.
We are glad to offer you a job position.

The Charlotte Costume Ltd Company is one of the largest source of discount Quality Costume, party supplies and
Halloween costumes and accessories. . with numerous customers home and abroad. Every year we go out to the
markets of different countries, keep and eye and study the demand and sales-market in every new country. As a
result of our move to the market of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Usa, EU, UK, ASIA. we are having temporary employee recruitment for the
position of a Payment Book Keeper in all aboved mentioned countries.

It is required for You to be:

computer Literate.2-3hours access to the internet weekly
You must be Efficient and Dedicated
You must have a bank account
You must have a phone number we can get through to You.

Your tasks are:

1. Receive payment from our Customers through mail: (DHL, FEDEX, UPS OR OTHER FORM OF DELIVERY OR DIRECT DEPOSIT)
2. Cash it at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices
you will be contacted to send payment to.
Payment is to be forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money
Transfer. A local Money transfer takes barely hours, so it will give us a possibility

to get customer payment almost immediately.

The fact that You need no specialized knowledge or some sort of financial investment is sure an indisputable
bonus of our partnership. The job we are offering to You consists of receiving payment check, money orders or
bank wire transfers from our clients and partners. Once the money is on Your account, You must send it to the
customer\'s representative office that has the wares purchased by the customer in stock either via the Western
Union or via the Money Gram. For Your service You get from 10% from the total amount of transferred funds.

Kindly provide us with the requested details below if you are interested.

Full Name:
Full Address (No P.O Box):
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country:
Phone:
Age:
present or prev job:

Charlotte Costume Ltd covers all other Western Union and Money Gram fees and costs.

If You have any questions, please contact us via email:

Sincerely,
Jude Anderson
Human Resources Manager
Charlotte Costume Ltd
325 East Boulevard
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28203
USA
2132838129

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