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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Cosmo Oil Company Limited" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zjimin1967@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 05:09:56 +0100
Subject: Be our funds collector without any upfront payment

Cosmo Oil Company Limited
1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, Japan.
webpage: www.cosmo-oil.co.jp

Cosmo Oil Company is into oil refining and sales. We are only looking for
professionals with exceptional expertise, highly spirited individuals who
are ready to take up a rewarding challenges in the oil production industry.

We seek cooperate or individual who will help us in the collection of
oustanding payments owed to us by our numerous customers outside Japan. The
salary is very attractive, you will be entitle to ten percent (10%) of
every payment you receive from our customers in your region on behalf of
the company. All fees, including taxes will be handled by us. Details of
your personal or co-operate accounts are not needed in this transaction.

NOTE: YOU WILL NOT BE REQUIRE TO INVEST ANY OF YOUR MONEY IN THIS PROJECT,
OUR COMPANY SHALL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY EXPENSES. AND YOU ARE
NOT REQUIRE TO TRAVEL, ALL COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS WILL BE
THROUGH EMAIL OR PHONE.

You can apply for this position by filling the informations below and send
back to us;

Full Name:
Residencial or office address:
Town:
State:
Zipcode:
Country:
Current Job:
If you own a company, please state the company name:
Prefered Email:
Gender:
Age:
Telephone:

Respectfully,
Mr Yaichi Kimura (Chairman, Representative Director)
Cosmo Oil Company Limited.

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