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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: "mailer55@terra.es" <mailer55@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:15:26 +0100 (MET)
Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER !!!


PART TIME JOB OFFER !!!

Good Day,

My Name is Mr Daniel James, The Recruiting Manager for SARA CLERK TEXTILE & FABRIC LTD. DUBLIN, IRELAND. I am contacting you in regards of the PART TIME JOB OFFER which we are presently offering in our Company. We have been selling our products for the past few years and we are lately facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling our products to Americans because most customers offer to pay with a US MONEY ORDER/CHECK, which is difficult for us to cash and process here.
We are looking for a Representative in the United States who will be working for us as a part time worker and we are willing to pay 10% for every Transaction Processed. We need someone who would be helping in receiving payments from our clients in the United States. An agent who is responsible and reliable that will be handling the payment aspect. The payment will be addressed and sent to you and all you need do is to get it cashed at your bank, deduct your percentage and wire the balance back to any of our accountants/lawyers in our regional warehouses. The problem we have is getting someone that is really capable and trustworthy as though we surely have our way of getting anyone that tried to get away with our money.

This offer is not going to cost you any amount to start because you would not have to pay any fee to get employed under legit circumstances, All you need to do is to receive payments which will be sent to you via delivery courier from our clients, which would come in form of a money order/check get it cashed and send the cash to our accountants/lawyers via WESTERN UNION or MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER, Required charges for all transfer should be deducted from our %90 and not from your %10. If you interested please send an e-mail to Saraclerk.office003@yahoo.co.uk with your full information.



we would need to have the details below.

Full Names:
Home Address:
City/State/Zip:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Valid E-mail Addresses:

Looking forward to your response.

Yours Faithfully
MR. Daniel James
SARA CLERK TEXTILES AND FABRICS

424 North Circular Road,
Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Tel: +353 879 580 239
EMail:saraclerk.office005@yahoo.co.uk





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