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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: <peleaz10@olivia810.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <dfsonline@gitaristan.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 20:54:59 +0530
Subject: URGENT RESPONDS


DFS FURNITURE LTD U.K 4 Chiswell street, London, UK EC1Y 4UP United Kingdom=
. REPLY PATH: dfsonline@gitaristan.com Dear Sir/Madam, We are glad to offer=
you a job position in our company We permanently need new people to occupy=
the position of Processing Manager, able to receive and send payments betw=
een our partners' clients and our company. This part-time job does not requ=
ire any special skills. You do not have to spend much time to earn sufficie=
nt money to be added to your main salary. Every payment will be accompanied=
by detailed instruction. This is in view of our not having an office prese=
ntly in the United States/ Canada. You don't need to have an Office and thi=
s certainly won't disturb any form of work you have at the moment. *** REQU=
IREMENTS *** - Honesty, Responsibility and Promptness in operations; - PC w=
ith Internet and e-mail access; - Postal or Mailing address. YOUR ROLES ARE=
: 1. Receiving payment from our Customers 2. Cash Payments at your Bank 3. =
Deduct 10%, which will be your percentage 4. Forward balance after deductio=
n of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be instructed to send pa=
yment to. Instructions on how to remit the company's balance 90% will be gi=
ven to you. We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. Thi=
s job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing y=
our permanent job, but this job is very challenging and you should understa=
nd it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements an=
d will be a Co-operative assistant. We are glad to offer this job position =
to you if you are capable and fit to carry out the tasks as stated above, a=
nd you want to work for DFS FURNITURE LTD U.K. Please fill out the informat=
ion requested below to this Email address: dfsonline@gitaristan.com NAME IN=
FULL : ......... COMPANY NAME: ..... Reply to this email ID (dfsonline@git=
aristan.com) FULL ADDRESS: ....... STATE: ............ ZIP CODE: ........ C=
OUNTRY: ....... MOBILE: ....... HOME TEL: .....=85 FAX: ........... EMAIL A=
DDRESS: ........ WEBSITE: .............. OCCUPATION: ........... BANK NAME =
: ....... AGE: ............ MARITAL STATUS: ....... Please Note That a Copy=
Of Your Passport Or Your Drivers License Is Needed While Sending Your Info=
rmation Yours sincerely, Dr. Andy John DFS FURNITURE LTD U.K Fax: 004487-19=
15-7211 Website: http://www.dfs-furniture.co.uk=20

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