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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: "ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <imgulfoilandgasresume03@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:44:49 +0800
Subject: ARE YOU QUALIFIED

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE COMPLEX
KM33.8 WESTBOUND SHAH ALAM
47600 SUBANG JAYA,KUALA LUMPUR.MALAYSIA
TELEPHONE: +60163516075
E-MAIL
WEBSITE:WWW.GULFOILANDGAS.COM

DEAR CANDIDATE,

JOB OFFER. We the management of GULFOILANDGAS are recruiting workers now to work in our Organization. We have gone through your profile and find out that you deserve to work in our esteemed organization here in MALAYSIA .Free fly ticket to MALAYSIA and free accommodation.

Note:We need experience workers in all aspect in Engineering,Biologist,Eletrician,E-Business, Programmer,Information Techonoly,Management, Computer operators,Science,Sales, Driller and all kind of others categories.

Our dear recruitment board decides to include your name amongst the chosen candidates that will be working with us. If you are interested please update us your latest resume.All you have to do is to send your resume to our email address immediately : imgulfoilandgasresume03@gmail.com

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON!

THANKS AND REGARDS,
ABUBAKAR ABDUL FATAH
RECRUITING DEPARTMENT
VISIT US AT WWW.GULFOILANDGAS.COM
EMAIL : imgulfoilandgasresume03@gmail.com

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