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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: "Lewis Finance Corps" <sammis@net-shopping.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:29:20 +0200
Subject: JOB OFFER (Lewis Finance Corps)

93 Houghton road
Bolsover
chesterfield
britishec2 9aw UK

Hello,

We are (Lewis Finance Corps) company based in London,UK in partnership with
several large companies in the manufacturing industry in Malaysia and China.
As an authorized dealer, we specialize in the sales and export of different
products ranging to our customers.

We currently need you as one of our representative in united state, that will
be working for our company as package receiver and sent to our clients in
Europe and Asia countries,because most people in Europe/Asia and all other
countries believe that product been supplied from united state is the best all
over the universe,most company in the state don’t ship packages
internationally that is why we need you as our company representative in
United state.

you are not paying for shipping out the packages because the company have an
account with DHL, UPS COURIER COMPANY'S,once they come,just give the boxes to
any of the carriers and you don’t have to pay any Dim.



our company pays our workers $400 U.S dollars per month through bank deposit
and pay,we are not paying with money-order due to fraud handling,you only
receive your payment through bank deposit and pay-pal payment.When we see how
you work for our company then we increase your payment.

what you need to be able to work with our company.

You need to have an Internet access and printer machine because when a
shipping labels and
commercial invoice send to you, you will need to print it out.

If you are interested in working with our company then the following
information’s should
be provide. via email.


Full name:..........
Address:................
City:................
State:...................
Zip Code:...............
Phone number...........
Age.................
Sex:.............
Occupation.............
Nationality...............
Martial status.........



After submission they will still be a screening,if you are qualified you will
receive an approval letter from our company.



Best Regards,
Nelson Bramaton
Chief Admin Officer

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