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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: "The Hiring Center" <admin@onlineadmin.co.za>
Reply-To: informationcenter7@qq.com
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2016 05:23:59 -0800
Subject: You qualified to work from Home & Earn in-come.


******** Welcome To The Hiring Center .********

Dear Sir/ Madam

Employment Ref : QMK2015-2020-1XQM
Hiring Department , You qualified to work from Home & Earn in-come.

Can you work as a mail dispatcher? I own a small shipping business and I te=
nd to operate a high cost of operation and I want to cut down my expenses b=
y employing someone in each state of USA, someone who will be getting mails=
in bulk and open the bulk mail and dispatch them in units to there final d=
estinations in there respective states.

NOTE: for example, the cost of sending each mail is $34.00 by UPS Express a=
nd we want to send out 100 mails, that would be $3,400 which is to costly b=
ut we have a solution whereby, we ship the whole 100 mails in one package a=
t the rate of $600 to you in your state and when you get it, you will open =
it and send the mail individually through USPS which will be $7 to $10 each=
and you can see the we will have a savings, $600 for bulk shipping plus $1=
0 times 100 making $1,400, you can see we have saved $2,000, so please I ne=
ed you to work for me on a Part-Time basis, and you will be paid $1000 ever=
y month. You will be provided with funds to dispatch the mails upfront, you=
will be provided with up to $800 to $3,400 as a running fund for dispatchi=
ng the mails, sometimes, it may be packages of goods that you will be recei=
ving and sometimes you may be required to pay for shipping fees out of the =
funds we provide to you to pay another freight forwarder when we need the s=
ervice of anoth er freight forwarder, the items

You will have to present an ID and you have to show some sense of sincerity=
as you will be entrusted with clients mails, packages and funds to utilize=
for re-mailing expenses, please do let me know when you are ready to start=
and let me know if you have all the requirements needed for the job, you n=
eed to provide your information again in order to proceed further.
Please let me have the below details:

Full Names:
Address: (P.O Box is not accepted)
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Tel:
Email:
Age:
Gender:
Your current or recent job:

We want someone who can use a Yahoo Instant Message OR Hotmail, AOL to char=
t with our department for update .

Please note, you must be above 18 years of age to be eligible for this job,=
I want to assure you once again that you will never use your own money for=
any expenses, your $1000 salary will be paid twice, $600 weekly and the re=
maining funds will be provided constantly which will never finish in order =
to avoid you spending your own money so when the remaining funds are low ad=
ditional remaining funds will be provided, and you are not require to buy a=
nything to begins the job,it is a straight forward job opportunity, please =
do let me know how we should proceed and you can get start immediately.
Best Regards,

MR JOHN TERRY JR.
Contact # * +1 724-248-2418 *

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