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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: "Linda Bishop" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <linda.bishop0001@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 04:48:14 +0800
Subject: Work At Home And Get Paid $500 Weekly Personal Assistance Needed Urgently

I'm looking for professional personal assistant that can be trusted and
reliable to work very well and with good understanding. wages salary
$500.00 per weekly Depends on how fast work goes

* Very sharp and a quick learner
* A go-geter and non quitter
* Strong minded with great communication skills
* Long term friend that's interested in learning from my skills and experience.
* Excellent time management skills
* Excellent communications skills
* Handle all basic department communications such as mailing of invitations, cards,letters, etc

At this time, I am only looking for 5-6 personal assistant. You must be
self motivated, trainable and have a clean criminal record This will be
for a part time job. You will mainly be helping me with personal
finance, accounting, time and people management.

Let me know if you need to know more about this opportunity. All you
need to do is receive Payment from our client within USA and i will
tell you what to do when the payment have been received , you don't have
to go to any office, all you need is internet access to be my personal
assistant,Reply if interested.

Thank You
Linda Bishop

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