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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: FDSC UK <fdscuk335@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 06:25:22 -0800
Subject: REF: CAN YOU REPRESENT OUR COMPANY?

Dear Sir/ Madam,

After review your profile on my private internet search. First, we
would like to introduce our self; we are a Local Gold Miners based in
South Africa.


Our determination is to produce quality Gold Bars and Gold Dust and
give the most
professional services to our clients; our idea is solely on the
development of this Local Mining Industry and we have work very hard
to bring our ideas to reality.

At the present moment, we have large sales volume of our Products in
Overseas, and now we are striving to penetrate the market place in
your Country.

Considering the fact that we are relatively new in this part of the
world, we already have Individuals and companies who purchases large
amount of our Gold Overseas.

WE NEED YOUR SERVICE!

As we are working hard to make profits from our sales, the South
African Government is not fair on us as a small Local Mining Company
.The international money transfer tax for small company like us in
South Africa is 25%, for individuals it is only 5.5%.

It is not profitable for us to continue paying those amounts of taxes.
Hence we are seeking your services as a Our company representative, to
receive payment for our Gold Bars and Gold Dust from companies and
individuals within your region, which will save us a lot of money.

You will be entitled to10% of any amount of payment you receive on
behalf our mining company. For instance, if you receive USD$ 5, 000,
your commission will be USD$ 500
and the remaining funds will be transferred to our nominated account.

REQUIREMENTS

1 - Receive payment from clients through Banks, Holding Companies,
Fiduciary Agents and Finance Houses.
2 - Deduct 10% which will be your commission on each payment processed.
3 - Transfer the balance after deduction of your 10% commission to our
account which shall be provided to you.


NOTE: This will not affect your present job, you will work
independently right from your home and your job is absolutely legal.


If you are interested kindly contact me through E-mail address: xf46@live.com

Warm Regards,


MR. XAVER FRANZ

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