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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: "payments330@terra.es" <payments330@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:58:46 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: **************JOB OFFER****************


Part time Job Opportunity

My name is Scott Young. I just came about your
email address through an online email listing and I would
be very interested in offering you a part-time paying job
in which you could earn allot without quitting your
present Job or having problem with your employers.


I am a man with 4 kids all boys and the love of my
life, my wife. I am a some what multi talented man and I
do quite a lot of traveling and get to meet quite a lot of
people.I just resigned my job as a research scientist but
I still work as a freelance consultant for the institute
which gives me very much time to do my own work which is
basically being a freelance researcher who could be
employed by research institutes to do research projects
anywhere in the world.


I reside in Ireland, Dublin even though I have lived
most of my life in other parts of the world, I am fully
residing in Ireland. Presently, I have just been granted a
funding to head a research project in the tropical regions
of West Africa.

However my funding were by my American counterparts
who send me the bunch of payments mostly in US based money
orders.Getting an accountant in the states or opening an
account would have been my best choice but I have a
deadline to meet and taking any of those choices would
cost me time and a whole lot of other requirements. I am
not ready to deal with, as I would be traveling a lot in
the meantime.So presently, assuming you would be able to
deal with cash, I would be willing to employ you on
contract basis to be my payment representative back in the
states,


this way I could issue and make payments in form of Money
Orders,Cashier's Check,etc out to you, you could then cash
them easily,withdraw 10% of the total amount on these
payment instruments as your commission and then send the
rest back to me through wire transfer.Please, bear it in
mind that we would be dealing with quite a handful of cash
and you could be making up to $5000 just working with me


in a short period of time within 2-3 weeks.


I would be glad if you accept my proposal and I intend
to period of time within 2-3 weeks interested, please
email me back so we could make concluding

arrangements.
Thank You
Scott Young
+44 7031910655

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If You are interested, Kindly provide me with and
Send your response to:

Name: Scott young
Email: paymentsofficer04@yahoo.co.uk

Your Name........

Your Address (NOT P.O Box)

City, State, Zip........

Age Above 21...........

Occupation..........

Contact Numbers........






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