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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: Smerud Medical Research <headcook@agapecentre.ca>
Reply-To: <michaelhilton-smr@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:17:32 +0100
Subject: Recruitment Opportunity!!!!

Dear Sir/Ma,

Smerud Medical Research is a contract research organization (CRO) specializing in proof of concept clinical trials and pivotal regulatory trials (phase IIb and III). We help our clients to run cost-efficient clinical development programs. Smerud excels in all services required to develop a product; from strategy planning, to processing marketing authorization. We are highly competitive in quality, time and cost particularly as we can provide clients with reliable and documented feasibility information before costly drug development can begin.

See below Vacancy/Contract Request for our ongoing marketing research program. We require part time representatives who will act as intermediaries between us and customers in their country of residence. We would like to offer you a part time job as our payment representative in your region and you can earn between $3,000 - $4,000 USD in a month depending on your speed, accuracy and devotion to your work.

Our clients make payments for our products and services every week. Payments are made mainly through Prepaid card, Credit card payment or a Required Bank in the United states Of America. Your job will be to receive payment sent to us, deduct your work commission of (USD $200 for your services and logistics from every payment processed) and forward the balance to us or any of our various branches as you will be instructed to do in our further emails.

REMEMBER THE MORE PAYMENT PROCESSED, THE MORE YOU EARN.

We would want to know if you would like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job. You are not required to pay any registration fee or pay for any application form before you get employed.

Interested applicants should send the following details, and direct all enquiries to our representative consultancy department for more information.

Your Full Name:
Home Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Your Mobile Phone Number:
Age:
Current Occupation:
Email:

(Note that the above provided details is correct as your pay check will be mailed to the address you provide)

Regards, Micheal Hilton
Recruitment Manager
Smerud Medical Research

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