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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?Michael=20McNeill?= <art.clarity@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: clarity.artistic@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 02:53:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: EMPLOYMENT!


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: art.clarity@yahoo.com

Hello

My name is Michael McNeill and I am an artist.I live in UNITED KINGDOM,with

my three kids, one cat, one dog. It is

definitely a full house. I have been doing artwork since I was a small child.

That gives me about 23 years of experience. I majored in art in high

school and took a few college art courses. Most of my work is done in

either pencil or airbrush mixed with color pencils. I have recently added

designing and creating artwork on the computer.

I have been selling my art for the last 3 years and have had my work

featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines.I have sold in

galleries and to private collectors from all around the world.I am always

facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my art works to

Americans,they are always offering to pay with a US POSTAL MONEY ORDER,which

is difficult for me to cash here in UNITED KINGDOM.



I am looking for a representative in the states who will be working for

me as a partime worker and i will be willing to pay 10% for every

transaction,which wouldnt affect your present state of work,someone who

would help me recieve payments from my customers in the states.i mean

someone that is responsible and reliable,because the cost of coming to the

state and getting payments is very expensive,i am working on setting up

a branch in the state,so for now i need a

representative in the united state who will be handling the payment

aspect.These payments are in money order and they would come to you in

your name, so all you need do is cash the money order deduct your

percentage and wire the rest back to me in the United Kingdom.



But the problem i have is trust,But i have my way of getting anyone

that gets away with our money,i mean the FBI branch in Washington gets

involve. It wouldnt cost you any amount,you are to receive payments

which will be sent to you by post from my business patners,which would come

in form of a money order then you are to cash it at your bank and send

the cash to me via western union money transfer all western union

charges will be deducted from the money.

If you are interested,please get back to me as soon as possible.



Regards




- Michael McNeill


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