This is a typical job scam for a money mule + fake check scam, in disguise.

1.Receive payment from Customers.
2. Cash Payments at your Bank.
3. Deduct 10% which which is your commission/Payment on check cashed.
4. Forward the remaining 90% to the information that will be provided later on..

If you are a businessman and you receive an email like this below, would you even think about dealing with this guy?

"We are miner and Dealers in Gold and diamond based in Accra Ghana. Soliciting a genuine buyer, we mine from Sierra Leone , Conakry , Angola , Congo and Ghana Gold Coast.The following are quantity of alluvial Gold Dust, Bars, Dore and Diamond Originated from different part of Africa for sale. The details stated as follows:"

The scammer says:

1) Just pay $355 for "Fedex" to send $800,000 to you.

2) But don't call Fedex, but email to this: dispatch_uk@btinternet.com

"Frank Donald" is a fake name, and so is the $220million dollar story.

I am an investment consultant working with Bank UBS AG Zurich at their offshore department Zurich Switzerland. I will be happy to work this deal out with you if you have a corporate or personal Bank Account and if you are capable to keep TOP SECRET. I need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, if I transfer this money to your account.
 
During one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts with holding balance of US$ 232,000.000.00 {Two hundred and Thirty Two million US Dollars only} Sometimes a person will open a bank account, deposit money, and then disappear into the tin air.

Haha "TIN" air. Fine spelling from an investment consultant.

Someone wrote:

"Please verified this mail is true or fake.
 
We were directed to contact you as regards the shipment of your ATM card package by the United Nations office here in the UK. We just received the items to be couriered to you from an official of the United Nations informing us of your possible communication to us.These include an ATM card, classifieds documents and Pin Certificate."

About a week ago, I was contacted by a man who identified himself as Brian Shaw from a company he said was Global International.  He has two separate 876 numbers and claims to be working out of Manhattan, Suite 12, 8^th St. 10027.  He sounded to be Pakistani or Indian and the call was a poor connection which I think was on an overseas trunk line.  Anyway, his name did not fit his accent.  He told me I’d won 2.5 million in an international lottery....

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the (20th April, 2008) by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email  was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000.000 (One million Great Britain Pound Sterling s) each on the THE COCA'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (200,000.00 GB Pounds) for the June 2009 International E-mail Draw which is Organized by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).

SPDC collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla, Gmail, Russian Mail and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected Monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

Have you ever received an email saying that you have paid someone money through Paypal, but in fact, you didn't authorize the transaction?

Don't rush to "dispute" the transaction. If you did't authorize the payment, then it never did (unless your real paypal account shows otherwise that your account is hacked!).

If you ever received a phone call from a stranger asking for your Credit Card details, never give it to him. Do not feel threatened over the phone, just put the phone down and walk away. If they call you again, tell them that you will call the police and trace the call back to their location. And if you really need to do so, do it.

This is to inform you that you have won prize what of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($800,000.00) for the month of JUNE 2009 Lottery promotion which organized by U.S.A TEXAS LOTTERY INC.

Does this sound "too good to be true"?

You can get $1,OOO,OOO homes as low as $1,995!
You can get them in any county in the United States!
You can get them all with just 1-3 clicks using just your mouse!
You can resell them to banks, lenders or any buyers!
You can resell them for as much as 20 times what you paid!
You can REPEAT this as often or as little as you want!

In order to transfer out (USD 6.5M ) Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States  Dollars) from  UBS Bank. I have the courage to ask you to  look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important business believing that you will never let me down either now  or in future.

We don't support or endorse freelotto business, but this scam mail is a separate issue. The scammer is using this website's name in this 419 scam, or it could also turn out to be a fake check scam.

"We gladly announce to you the draw of the FREELOTTO online International program held this month.Your e-mail address You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference Serial Number:F2-003-036 and Batch number R/45-300-07. Your email address attached to the ticket number: 54-20-17-52-34-30 that draw the lucky winning number, which consequently won the Daily Jackpot in the first category A."

Before: WTF, ofcourse I am not NICOLA! Can't you read my name??

"When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Ten million six hundred thousand Euros (10,600,000) with a Finance Deposit Firm, this money is still with the Finance House. I have decided to donate this fund for the service of charity and humanitarian service through a capable God fearing individual or an organization that will utilize this money for the purpose of charity service."

After: HANG ON!!! I THINK MY NAME IS NICOLA!!! PLEASE GIMME THE MONEY!