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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: "Daniel Stones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <danielstones76@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 12:17:47 -0700
Subject: JOB OFFER ........

I am contacting you for a Job offer. I am an Independent Account Payable Specialist. Due to high volume of work I have, I need your services so that I can shed my work load.

It is about printing and mailing of account payable checks which I am
going to guide you through your first assignment until you understand
the job very well. I am going to send you copies of the checks through
email attachment and you will print them out. You will need a laser
printer if you don't have one already for the printing of the checks.
Your Job is to print out the checks, put them in an envelop and then
drop them off at pick up locations where the post men will come and pick them up for delivery to their various destinations.

I will expect you to work 3 hours a day and 2 days a week. Your initial weekly payments will be $250 and it will increase with time if you keep doing a good job and diligent in your work.

Kind Regards and Thanks for your time.
Daniel Stones.
Senior Accounting CPS Specialist,
BSC,MSC,PhD, CCNA,ATS,Account

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