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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: "Nos Energy Drink" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nosenergydrinkinternational@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:49:24 +0100
Subject: Wrap Advertising

Compliment of the season

Wrap advertising is the marketing practice of completely or partially covering (wrapping) a vehicle in an advertisement or livery, thus turning it into a mobile billboard. This can be achieved by simply painting the vehicle surface, but it is becoming more common today to use large vinyl sheets as decals. These can be removed with relative ease, making it much less expensive to change from one advertisement to another.

Vehicles with large, flat surfaces, such as buses and light-rail carriages, are fairly easy to work with, though smaller cars with curved surfaces can also be wrapped in this manner. Wrap advertising is available to anybody irrespective of the vehicle you drive. We are currently seeking to employ individuals in the United States of America / Canada and Europe.


How would you like to make money by simply driving your car or banner wrapped for NOS Energy. It is very easy and simple no application fees required. Get back with the following details if you are interested in this offer.


Applicant information:
Full Name :
Full Street Address(not PO BOX) :
City,State,Zip Code:
Cell Phone Number:
Home Phone Number:
Age:


Send the above listed information We shall be contacting you as soon as we receive this information.

Thanks


Hiring Manager,
Mrs Mary Stanley
NOS ENERGY DRINK (R)

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