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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: "SADE HASTRUB" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sadehastrub@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 23:40:17 -0700
Subject: JOB OFFER

Dear Sir/Madam,
    
    JOB OPPORTUNITY
    
    We carry a selection of latest T-Shirts, Cardigans, Ladies Tops, Kids wear & Silver Jewelry. We offer exceptional customer service and quality at discounted price. All
    items in our catalogue is priced in UK/US currency and we ship within UK, US territories. We also offer our products designed, made, and manufactured in Asia shipping world wide. Some of our products are designed in UK and our company is presently in search of diligent representatives in the United States Canada and Europe that will facilitate our link between our customers / clients and us. We would like you to signify your interest in representing us and becoming a contract staff. This is the scope of  the Job
    We discovered that since we started business in the USA
    and CANADA,we have been having problems getting payments from our
    customers as it was very uneasy for them to send payments to Asia even
     when they did, foreign checks will normally take at least 28 Working daysto clear (this period will normally delay our business)
    we decided to hire individuals
    over the internet who will help us receive and process payments and then
    forward to any of our offices.
    1,Commission: 10% of every transaction successfully processed-checks,
    money orders that is cashed instantly and forwarded to our designated
    offices with and outside the USA. "Cash In Hand" or "Cash at counter" is
    what we request this is to speed up our supply as we will not supply
    without receiving payments from our customers.
    Example: If you receive a check of $1,000:00 your net Income is $100:00 and
    the balance of $900:00 Is forwarded to the company.
    2, Once you have received and processed payments, you will be requested
    to forward payments via which ever method which we will instruct you to
    forward the payments through-sometimes via direct transfer to our accounts
    and some other times via Western Union or Money-Gram.
    Respond only if you would like to work from home part - time, and get paid weekly without having to leave or tamper with your present occupation/studies.
    ======================================
    PROVIDE US WITH THE BELOW INFORMATIONS
    ======================================
    
    Full Names :::
    Mailing Address.(PO BOX NOT ALLOWED)
    City :::
    Zip-Code :::
    State:
    Tel :::
    Gender :::
    Present Occupation ::
    Age :::
    Email :::
    Mode Of Identification :
    Country ::
  
    Sade Hastrub,
    Head of Human Resources
    eSources UK
    www.esources.co.uk
    Email: sadehastrub@gmail.com
    Direct line: +447024017590

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