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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "back to me via my private e-mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • jandptextilecoltd@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "James Peterson" <j.peterson007@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 06:58:35 -0800
Subject: Work from home and get paid weekly $600


I am Mr. James Peterson, the director of sales at Commodities Trading Company LLC. A paradigm in commodities, we are specialise in clinker,cement,iron ore,pellets,bauxite,limestone,caol,gypsum, ship chartering,miniral plus and raw materials we export into the Canada/America and Europe.
I am looking for a honest and trustworthy person that will work for our company as a representative in your country so as to be receiving payment on our behalf.Kindly get back to me if you are interest in apart time work and getting paid weekly without travelling anywhere, neither will it affect your present job.as well as making payments through you to us and earn 600US$ of every payment made to you ,If you will like to do easy work and get paid easily from home, you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will be paying for your services as our representative

Note: We have agreed to be paying you 10% out of any payment you receive on behalf of the company every week, 10% of the payment is US$600 dollars which you will be receiving weekly.
If you will like to do easy work and get paid easily from home.

Get back to me via my private e-mail:Jandptextilecoltd@yahoo.com,fax us 1- 323-908-9532 -if you are interested and get back with your phone number and address, and we will get back to you urgent.

Thanks.
Director of sales
Commodities Trading Company LLC
James Peterson

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