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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: Research Analyst <jmlakar20@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:59:37 +0200
Subject: Job Opening.

Become our Research Analyst. You will earn $285.00 per venture. You will be paid for shopping and dining out. Your job will be to evaluate and comment on customer service, undetected, in a wide variety of shops, stores, restaurants and services in your area. Research Analyst are needed throughout America. You'll be paid to shop and dine out, getting free meals, free merchandise, free services, free entertainment, free travel, fun work, flexible schedule and no training required and great pay.

Research Analyst reports provide businesses with unbiased reviews from a customer standpoint. This allows business to identify problems which might result in unhappy customers and loss of sales. Research Analyst have a great responsibility and are paid accordingly. As a Research Analyst, you will earn up to $285 per assignment, have a flexible schedule and hours. You can even bring your kids with you. We shall send you checks for your assignments. You cash each check and use our money to carry out your assignment. You do not use any of your money. To complete your application, please provide the following information:


Full Name:
Full Address(not P.O BOX):
Phone number(s):
Email:
Age:
Occupation:


Jonathan Mlakar
HR Manager
Maront LLC.


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