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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Please note about this email:

• It is a check fraud / representative scam (5 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "James Cambell" <james@planetcambell.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:03:13 +0000
Subject: Reliable Agent/Representative...

I am Mr James Cambell, marketing secartary of NEPTIC ARTS
AND CRAFTS IMPORT /EXPORT. in United Kingdom.
We are a group of business men and women who deal on Art
and Craft,and we want to expand our business into Canada,United
State,Japan,Dubai and other European countries.

We are searching for reliable representatives who can
Help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in
Your respective country as well as making payments through
you to us.

Please if you are interested in this lucrative business
With us, we will be very glad.
Please for more information contact the President/CEO

Dr Mike William
email: mike_william4nepticart@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: +44 703 190 6383
Fax: +44-870-122-3911

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the
opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay
you for your services as our representative in
your country Please if you are Interested forward to us your {phone number/fax and
your full contact address.

Thanks In advance

Mr James Cambell
Marketing Manager
NEPTIC ARTS AND
CRAFTS.

 

 

 

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