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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: "mountroyal hotel006" <mountroyalhotel006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mountroyal_hotel2005@fastermail.com
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:23:12 -0700
Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY

Attention.
I am Ms. Maureen VanMackelbergh, Human Resource Manager of Mount
Royal Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada. We are on the second phase of
recruiting workers and currently looking for energetic young
individuals to join our work team under the following positions:

1 Cooks with some experience in continental and european dishes.
2 Secretary and Assistant
3 Attendants
4 Drivers
5 cleaners
6 Security men
7 Stage hosts- Men/women
8 Computer operators
9 Warehouse supervisors
10 Accountants

Our salary is very attractive as we pay what is obtainable in every
5star hotel in Canada and other developed countries. We shall help you
to process your documents and pay for your flight ticket with your
one-month visa as a tourist to enter here in Canada and work with us.

Please note all expenses incured to bring you to Canada must be dully
deducted from your monthly salary while working for us here.
If you are interested to work for us, send your application to the
hotel,
via: (mountroyal_hotel2005@fastermail.com).

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Maureen VanMackelbergh.


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