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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: JOB OPPORTUNITY <qa19@tv057.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <wormaldlintotglobalcompany@usa.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 20:27:15 +0530
Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY


JOB OPPORTUNITY WORMALD LINTOTT GLOBAL OIL & GAS COMPANY 222, Marylebone R=
oad London NW1 6JQ United Kingdom I am Mrs Josephine, an agent to the WORMA=
LD LINTOTT GLOBAL OIL & GAS COMPANY This is a great opportune moment for an=
exotic candidates(outside UNITED KINGDOM) who wish to work here in the Uni=
ted Kingdom in different skills such as Primary Skill Labour(PSL), Secondar=
y Skill Labour and Semi Skill Labour under the management of our company . =
Our WORMALD LINTOTT GLOBAL OIL & GAS COMPANY All Job description: 1. MANAGE=
RS/ASSISTANT MANAGERS 2. COMPUTER OPERATORS/SOFTWARE ENGINEERS 3. ACCOUNTAN=
TS/ ACCOUNTING OFFICERS 4. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS/OFFICERS 5. LINGUISTICS =
6. SUPERVISORY TRAINERS 7. TRAINERS (SKILL, KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE) 8. MECH=
ANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS website:http://wormaldlintotglobalcompany.s=
implesite.com/ e-mail:wormaldlintotglobalcompany@usa.com Regards, Dr. Dwayn=
e Ford, Director ( Human Resources), WORMALD LINTOTT GLOBAL OIL & GAS COMPA=
NY UK Ltd. Tel:+44-8712340074 Fax: 0761-841-793=20

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