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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: CARIBBEAN SHIPPING COMPANY <united_na1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: united_na3@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:34:50 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Invitation To Live And Work In Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship London




I am Barry Brown the Human resources manager of royal Caribbean cruise

ship international, I want to inform you regarding the job employment

in our royal Caribbean cruise ship company, the management need men

and women, union or non-union which will live and work in United

Kingdom. Interested candidate should contact us for more details.



Via Email:

united_na3@yahoo.com





Cheers

Mr. Barry Brown

Cruise Ship Human Resources Manager



Invitation To Live And Work In Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship London

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