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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: "Jonthan Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <corplexluthor@ymail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 19:31:13 -0400
Subject: BE a representative and earn extra



Jonathan Smith
Division of
Helen Smith Enterprises
718 4th street,
Kiel, WI,53042,USA
www.douglasstafford.com


REPRESENTATIVES NEEDED ASAP!!!!!!!

Hello and how are you doing today? My name is JONATHAN SMITH A representative of Douglas Stafford, we are seeking mystery shoppers representatives around the globe, Are you a worker that have a present job but need an extra earnings to pay up bills?, Are you without a job and need some sort of revenue to keep going, you will never be disturb with what ever you doing for a living all you need is a spare time to get the benefit.
As a mystery shopper you shop for free plus you get an extra pay of $250 (or 10%) weekly on a Part time basis, you only work 2-3 hours twice in a week.If you would like to get in to the team respond by replying your interest or question, we are open for more room of understanding of the nature of the job,
He who ask intend knowing more, Opprotunity comes not but ones, if you know you are consistence and sincere you have an added advantage of been in the team. Hope to read from you back if you are interested.

Kind Regards
Jonathan Smith
District manager

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