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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Andrew J. Gray IV" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andrewjgray4@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:40:13 +0200
Subject: Private -Assistant-

Hello,

I'm Mr. Andrew J. Gray IV an Attorney and an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in South California, Los Angles division.

I'm involved in IP litigation, prosecution and on strategic IP counseling, am also in partner with Morgan Lewis's Intellectual Property Practice, resident in the Palo Alto office and also a partner at a leading intellectual property boutique also Selling property and Care-taking, I'm using this medium to reach out to someone that will be interested in participating as a Rent/Payment representative (Freelance Job Offer) and looking forward to trustworthy and reliable to work very well with good understanding and having you becoming a valued representative. I'm offering you a job -as a Payment Receiver, this means that you will be receiving Payments from our Customers/Tenant on my behalf. Please read further.

Presently I am on three weeks inter-state intellectual property boutique Summit, if you will be available to start. This will serve as a stable foundation to our working relationship and there is also a very sensitive issue on trust and accountability which I believe will resolve itself as time goes on. In addition, your kind of work is classified under the 1099.

DUTIES:

1. Receiving rent -payments- from Tenants
2. Remitting -payments- to designated or preferred details
3. Data entry either manual or digital

SALARY:

1. $1000 per month. First salary will be paid after 30 days from the day you start working.
2. 10% from each rent payment received and processed as commission. 1-10 Rent payments per week. Amount of rent's payment: $700 up to $5000.

REQUIREMENTS:

*23 years or older.
*Responsible Reliable and Trustworthy
*Available to work a minimum 3-4 hours per week.
*Available to check and respond to emails.
*Easy telephone and text messages access.

NOTE:

I don't require an active agent license.
I don't require your bank information.

This job will be interesting and simple for you. The greatest advantage of this position is, it remotes character and the possibility of spending only a few of hours a day working while earning a base $12,000 per year plus your commissions (up to $30,000 per year). I will like you to get back to me with the following details as follow, if you are interested:

Full Name(s):
Physical Address (NOT P.O BOX):
City:
State:
Zip-Code:
Mobile Phone Number:
Home Phone Number:

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind Regards
Mr. Andrew J. Gray IV
Text me -only- at (617) 453-9729 (Anytime)
Email: andrewjgray4@gmail.com (Anytime)
(Office Email): andrewjgray4@lawyer.com

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