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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: "Williams Tucker" <service@joboffer.com>
Reply-To: elerekejojo@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:31:51 +0100
Subject: Job Offer (This job does not disturb your current job)


Regal Smartcomm Group Limited 6712 Portola Drive El Cerrito, California 945=
30 Telefax:206-202-0675 Email:elerekejojo@gmail.com date:3/8/2014 Job Offer=
(This job does not disturb your current job) Goodday I am the public relat=
ion officer of some group of manufacturing companies in asia,europe,and ame=
rican continent,we have various small and large scale companies that supply=
us with the raw materials we need for our productions in our factories,and=
most of this raw materials supplies comes mostly from west africa,we alway=
s find it dificult to pay the small scale suppliers in west africa Nigeria,=
ghana and cottonue in time,because we concentrate mostly on how the large s=
cale suppliers will get there funds intime,because of further supplies of t=
he raw material,so after having several meetings,we have now concluded to g=
ive the payment of the small scales suppliers to the individuals so that th=
e small scale suppliers can be getting there fund paid in time,and we have =
decided to contact you if you are interested in the job,and your payment wi=
ll be 10% of the amount that will be transfered into your designated accoun=
t,so if you are interested in the job kindly supply us with the below detai=
ls Your bank name: Your account name: Your account number: Your mobile phon=
e number: Your online username and password Your Full Address: After removi=
ng your 10% when the fund has been transfered into your account,we will dir=
ect you on how you will be sending the remaining 90% through the moneygramm=
e transfer to one of our client,awaiting the required details,and have a fu=
nfilled day. Regards, Williams Tucker.

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