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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: "Yvette Pedro" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yvettepedro@mail.mn>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:03:09 -0000
Subject: Save Lives and get paid($2,000 Basic Montly Salary)

Gray Cancer Institute
Mount Vernon Hospital
Northwood
Middlesex HA6 2JR
United Kingdom

The Gray Cancer Institute is a leading centre for research applied to
cancer treatment, working in close collaboration with clinicians at Mount Vernon
Hospital. It was originally a radiobiology research unit with it's focus on
radiotherapy, but research in tumour physiology has led to
new initiatives in cancer chemotherapy and it is introducing new ways of
exploiting modern molecular biology.

We have donors who have been making generous donations to the Institute
for the development our research and to help people cancer patients. Due to
intensive research work, lack of available time and
different forms of donations,from our American and European donors, we
hereby need a collector in your country who would act as a representative,
collecting payments on our behalf.

JOB SPECIFICS:
1. Collection of Donations / Payments
2. Cashing of Donations / Payments
3. Sending cashed donation/payments to the institute
following Our Instruction.
4. Keeping Record of each donation / payment received
and sent.

Note: Your pay will be $500,300 Pounds or 400 Euros weekly.Depending on
the country you come from.

If you are interested in working with us, reply for more information.
Thank you very much...

Regards,
Yvette Pedro
Gray Cancer Institute


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