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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: Vasquez Gomez Cesar Manuel <dlacerda@uenf.br>
Reply-To: vgcman@qq.com
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 17:42:25 -0300
Subject: Employment Offer

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am working with a hong kong based company who specializes in the
production of electrical and electronic appliance. We are in search of
a trustworthy representative in the US/UK or any other part of Europe
that can help as a link between us and our clients in your
geographical region.
We would be obliged if you could render your services to us as we
urgently need a representative in the above stated regions and get
paid without leaving or affecting your present job.
We have clients we supply our finished goods weekly and our clients in
turn make payments for our supplied goods every week which in turn the
received payments you would have to send directly to our office or to
other clients of ours for the purchase of raw material.
We would be grateful if you could accept our formal employment offer
and upon your response and acceptance to this letter you would be
briefed of other protocols and provided with our legal binding
representative employment deed.
Yours Sincerely
Respectfully Yours,
Vasquez Gomez Cesar Manuel.
MANAGING DIRECTOR



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