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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:
Reply-To: Ewa Nowicka <YaninaKorolenko@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=20=EF=BB=BFVacancies?= available _ (354035611092)

Good day,
We have found your CV via jobsite. At the moment we have this vacancy available: Transportation Manager.
Position includes accepting, repacking and sending packages through the Postal Service worldwide. It's an outwork.

Someone should stay at home during the working day to get packages and be connected via email to get directions from your manager. Some packs could be for our purchaser's name or for your householder.
All the process is divided into four stages:
Step 1: You receive parcels to your home-address. (Some boxes could be for our purchaser's name or for your houseowner);
Step 2: You should receive and report us about all parcels delivered to your home-address*;
Step 3: Repack packs: removing all invoices, putting several items together if necessary;
Step 4: Send all the boxes according our directions (you will be receiving them by e-mail constantly);
* If the signature is needed; you should sign for some packages;

You don�t need any investments to start working. All shipping charges and accompanying expenses will be covered by a company.
You will be responsible just for making correct dispatches on schedule (24 hours since the successful receipt). Our manager will be looking over your working process.
It�s extremely important to be in available via email; You should check out your email for at least once a day.
Your wage will be $15 for each dispatched box during the period of study and $20 after. Your salary will be deposited into your bank account or into your paypal account at the end of each working month. During the first week you will have not a very big quantity of products for working. There will be 20-50 packs weekly. It�s not obligatory to have any specific qualifications, you will have an opportunity to acquire necessary experience during the trial period.
Make sure that you have a possibility to work at home and mobile phone numbers to reach you at any time.

You must have:
1. Printer (you will need to print postal labels to ship the boxes)
2. Internet Available (to check your email for the information updates) and the ability of checking out your email 4-6 times daily.
3. Ability to receive the boxes right to your physical address (not P.O. box)

If you would like to get some more information about our job proposal - you could ask me any questions by email.
The offered position is 100% legal job, we don't work with products contain the materials and technologies forbidden for export/import in the US.
For more information, reply to this message.
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Have a great day,
Ewa Nowicka, personnel manager
Shipping Heaven LLC



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