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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: "Micheal Flores" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <topconsulteod13@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:01:40 +0100
Subject: ***Job Opportunty in your area***

Attn: Interested Candidate,

My name is Micheal Flores, I am the recruit manager for OceanView Consults Co, A professional Mystery Shopping Consultant Co, and this e-mail is an awareness to let the public know that we have a vacant position of a mystery shopper in our company. We are seeking mystery shoppers from around the globe. As a mystery shopper you shop for free plus you get an extra pay of $400 weekly on a Part time basis, you only work 2-3 hours twice in a week.If you would like to apply for this position, kindly provide the Information requested below for assessment and registration by the company:-

Full Legal Name, Address, City, State, Country, Nationality, Age, Present occupation, Home and Cell #:

You can submit the requested Information by sending me an e-mail to topconsulteod13@gmail.com

Thanks
Micheal Flores
24 hours by email: topconsulteod13@gmail.com


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