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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: "Henry Cole" <henrycole147@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: henrycole147@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 23:45:10 +0000
Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY

Hi, pls can I have your attention for a moment?
would u like to work online from home and get paid weekly HENRYTEXTILES
needs a book-keeper in the state, so I want to know if you will like to
work online from home and getting paid weekly without leaving or
affecting
ur present job? it's just that I presently run a textile and fabrics
firm
for my missionary Mother based in the UK and we need someone to work
for
the company as a representative/book keeper in the states/canada.
The company produces various clothing materials, batiks,
assorted fabrics and traditional costume which we have clients we
supply
weekly in the states my clients make payments for our supplies every
week
in form of USA/CANADA Postal Money Orders which are not readily
cashable
outside the us so we need someone in the states/canada to work as our
representative and assist us in processing the payments from our
clients
and i will pay him/her
weekly salary.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE
STATES/CANADA WHICH WOULD BE SENT VIA COURIER TO YOU. WHEN YOU GET IT
CASH
IN UR BANK, THEN DEDUCT UR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE
COMPANY
DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in
your bank, deduct ur weekly salary and foward the balance to the
company
via western union money transfer.
SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE
STATES
AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS THEN SEND IT TO YOU VIA
MAIL OR COURIER.
All i will need is ur FULL NAME, ADDRESS and PHONE #: so we can foward
it
to our clients and they will start making payments to u as the
company'S
representative in the states.
I WILL ALSO EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU
HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR
INDETIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT. AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING
TO
YOU I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND
FUNDS
TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
Sincerely,
Henry Cole
Henrycole147@yahoo.co.uk



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