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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "money orders " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a company representative scam. This type of job offer scam involves the cashing of fake checks and money orders. It could expose you to losses of tens of thousands of dollars as well as to the risk of criminal prosecution and (in some cases) imprisonment.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447035909562 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- handcraftedbeds@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Perry Tate" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <handcraftedbeds@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:33:47 -0800
Subject: Job Offer ! Will Want To Share A Link With You...

The Handcrafted Furniture Company.
City Point House. Level 32, Ropemaker Street.
EC2 9AW.United Kingdom.
handcraftedbeds@gmail.com
http://www.handcraftedbeds.co.uk/

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have a job opening for the position of Junior Accounts Receivable Clerk. Would you like to work from your home and get paid weekly? We are offering this position to all interested applicants. Please carefully read through.

The Handcrafted Furniture Company. is a well established Manufacturing Firm, That delivers high quality precision Glass products, textile and Furniture industries in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as an Account Receivable position in United States. (FINANCIAL CONTROLLER). We have been delivering to some of the largest and best known companies in far back Asia, the Regions Of America and Rest of The world for a long time. You will find our high quality furnitures, textiles and fabrics in the BEST products on the market today.

We produce various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics, glass products, Furnitures and traditional costumes which we have clients we supply weekly in the US. Our clients make payments for supplies every week in form of Money Orders or Cashier's Check which are not readily cashable outside the United States, So we need someone in the US to work as our representative and assist us in processing all payments from our clients and we pay weekly salary to our Accounts Receivable in United States. This is in view of us not having an office presently in the USA. You don't need to have an Office and this certainly would not disturb or affect any form of work you do at the moment. (PRESENT JOB)

We serve the entire United States and a growing export market, particularly in the supplies of selected products. Superior products including Cups & Glass Doors,Glass Design,Clothing Materials, Batiks, Assorted Fabrics etc. Your primary task for now, as a representative of the company is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorted 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 clients prepay for orders or items they order for.

About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks or Money Orders drawn from the United State based on the amount involved. We have decided to open this new contract -to-hire job position for solving this problem.

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):
1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to, You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you'll get good income. But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are considering your application because you satisfy our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start running our branch office in your state.

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 for them to send payments.

First name...................
Middle name..................
Last name....................
Address Line 1...............
Address Line 2...............
City.........................
State........................
Zip/Postal code..............
Age..........................
Marital Status...............
Nationality..................
Home phone...................
Cell phone...................

YOUR PREFFERED MODE OF COMMUNICATION EITHER BY PHONE OR BY EMAIL
Your response to this email is needed , so that we can reconfirm your mailing address details we have in our database.

We will be updating you as soon as the payment is being sent to you and you will be directed as to where to have the remaining 90% of the money sent to, after the deduction of your 10% pay on any payments received and processed by you.

A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this email will be appreciated. Thus, we are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are a serious worker and you want to work for The Handcrafted Furniture Company, Kindly indicate interest by sending your informations NAMES, FULL CONTACT ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS to us .

Thanks For Your Total Understanding and Moral Cooperation.

Dr Perry Tate,
The Handcrafted Furniture Company.
City Point House. Level 32, Ropemaker Street.
EC2 9AW.United Kingdom.
handcraftedbeds@gmail.com
+44 703-590-9562
+44 703-590-1899
+44 703-590-1903.

I invite you to Visit Our Website to View Product's to Customer's
http://www.handcraftedbeds.co.uk/

No Experience is needed to join our Team.(Reg No: 2000/003778/08)

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