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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: "Mr James Marvin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andersonjeff.com@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 20:50:56 +0100
Subject: Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily?

Hello.


Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily.
We are glad to offer you a job position without paying for application.


Our Company H. Seal & Company Ltd are into fabric manufacturer of high quality woven and knitted, elastic and rigid webbing for the orthopaedic, equestrian, footwear, body armour and automotive markets. with numerous customers home and abroad. We need a representative in the Asia, Japan, china, Europe, South Africa, USA, CA, and Australia. who will be in charge of all our payment from clients/customers in Asia, Europe, Canada, and Usa


Your tasks are:


1. Receive payment from our Customers through mail: (DHL, FEDEX, UPS OR OTHER FORM OF DELEIEVERY)
2. Cash it at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices
you will be contacted to send payment to.
Payment is to be forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money or Bank
Transfer. A local Money transfer takes barely hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer payment almost immediately.


Kindly provide us with the requested details below if you are interested.


Full Name
Full Address
Bank Name
City:
State:

Zip Code:

Country:
Phone:
Age:
present or prev job:
Can you Check email at least twice Daily?
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You are to respond to this offer by clicking reply to this message and filling the required information where necessary.

We await your urgent response.

We look forward to working with you.
James Marvin
H. Seal & Company Ltd
Church Lane, Whitwick Coalville
Leicestershire LE67 5DH - UK
http://www.hseal.co.uk

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