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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: ANDREW WOODS <test@test.com>
Reply-To: andwoodss@sify.com
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:24:53 -0700
Subject: Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk

Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk
My name is Andrew Woods
Phone number +44-072-407-0847=20
Company Name: ANDREW WOODS ARTIST
United Kingdom
Email:andwoodss@sify.com
Website: http://www.andrew-wood.com/index.html
Owner and Hiring Manager,=20


We have a job opening for the position of Accounts Receivable/Payable=
Clerk. Would you like to work from your home and get paid weekly? (A=
NDREW ARTIST) specialize in serving serve the entire any countries an=
d a growing export market, particularly in the supplies of selected P=
aints including Paints and
Arts deco ratings.=20
=20
ABOUT US:=20
=20
About Our Company, Our Vision, Values, Mission and Operating Principl=
es have been developed to reflect not only our day-to-day work on our=
core business strategies, but also to guide us through the challenge=
s and opportunities that come with global expansion and rapidly chang=
ing markets. visit our website for
details http://www.andrew-wood.com/index.html
=20
Job Description
=20
Your primary task for now, as a representative of the company is to C=
oordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment proces=
s.=20
=20
You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorte=
d we deliver the product to a customer. After this has been done the =
customer has to pay for the products but in most cases we make our cl=
ients prepay for orders or items they order for. About 90 percent of =
our customers prefer to pay through bank to bank wire transfers, Cash=
ier Check, Poster Money Order.=20
=20
Based on the amount involved. We have decided to open this new contra=
ct-to-hire job position for solving this problem. Your First Primary =
task (Collection of Payments):=20
=20
1. Payment will be issued inform of Cashier Check or Poster Money Ord=
er. To your name and send to your address or through bank to bank wir=
ed directly to your account by our customers.=20



2. You must be checking your email every day to know when payment has=
been sent or Wired by our clients=20



3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed=
=20



4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the of=
fices you will be contacted to send payment to, you=92ll have a lot o=
f free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you'll =
get good income ($400 to $500 Per Week) .But this job is very challen=
ging and you should understand it. We will consider your application =
if you satisfy our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnes=
t assistant till we start Running our branch office in your state.=
=20

Get back to us with information below information, so that we can add=
your mailing address to our Regional database and forward it to our =
customers.=20


First Name:__________=20

Last Name:__________=20

AddressLine1:___________=20

AddressLine2:___________=20

City:___________=20

State:_________=20

Zip Code:_______________=20

Home Phone:_____________=20

Cell Phone:___________=20

Age:___________=20

Occupation:___________=20


Thanks for Your Total Understanding=20



I wait your full details ASAP.=20

Andrew Woods...


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