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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: "Online Job Offer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <onlinejoboffer22@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:25:56 +0100
Subject: Online Job Offer


Good Day,

Do you want to work from home and earn $2,500 - $4000 every month? we are currently seeking
full-time & part-time workers around the world. You can earn a significant income every
month with no experience. Kindly Send Your Name: Address: Phone: to Mr Smith :
onlinejoboffer22@hotmail.com or contact for more information

More Information about the Job.
***YOUR TASK IS TO CO-ORDINATE PAYMENTS FROM CUSTOMERS AND HELP US WITH
THE PAYMENT PROCESSING***
We will be glad to offer you a job position in our company, Nastle Fabrics Limited)/we need
someone to work for the company as a Representative in all part of the world. This is in
view of our not having an office presently in Countries. You dont need to have an Office and
this certainly wont disturb any form of work you have going on at the moment.


BENEFIT IS AS FOLLOWS:-


* The average monthly income is about 2000..Pounds
* No form of investments from you....
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day....
* You do not pay any form of taxes....


REQUIERMENTS:
* Name..................
* Address...............
* City..................
* State.................
* Postal Code...........
* Phone.................
* Email.................
* Age...................
* Occupation............


If you are interested in being our representative out there please get back to this email
with the informations asked below to start receiving payment Money Order from our customers
and start cashing right away.

Example: Get a Check or a crdeit card transfer of 1000$ and get
10%off the 1000$ which is 100$as your salary immediately.

Regards.

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