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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: "BOBBY CHIN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bobbychinmanagement1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 01:06:46 -0700
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

Hello,

Your assistance is urgently needed to receive commission due to us from our customers in Canada and USA. You will be compensated with 10% of every commission you received on my behalf. If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as you can.
NOTE: This is 100% legal and not a scam or fraud. No advance fee is required from you.


You shall be paid a commission of 5% for your service(s). I guarantee you at least a minimum of $1,000 monthly as a part time worker and can reach $20,000 based on the volume and experience as time goes on. you also have the opportunity to be on retainership with us, by agreeing to carry out our company legal obligations in America (United States of America)This option has being considered by the board of the company, because we are yet to complete the process of registration of our company in Europe and the Americas.
You will not be asked for any fee sir/ma as we are not interested in your money rather, we want you to help us get our own funds from our customers.

If interested please send your name, address, phone/cell phone number .
Contact me via:
Thank you

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