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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "capyi07" <capyi07@vcn.bc.ca>
Date: 6 Feb 2015 14:39:13 -0400
Subject: Hi
Our Company is offering a distant part time job in Canada.
This is part time offer and it will take 5-10 hours a week and no investments required,
all job expenses will be covered by the company and will be reimbursed if any unexpected expenses will take place.
You will be working with a client's date bases and executing company assignments.
The starting salary is about ~4800 CAD per month + bonuses.
You will be receiving your salary every 2 weeks + bonuses after fulfilling each order!
We guarantee that your CV will be considered and you will have a chance to discuss job openings with our highly trained HR specialist.
If you are considering our company as your possible future employment.
Please fill in the simple form below so we will register you in our employee date base,
and our highly trained HR representative will call you back if you will have questions or concerns.
.Your...name:...
.Your...email:...
.Country,...City:...
Please submit this registration via email pen@realsearn.com
and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Sincerely.
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