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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• This email message is a company representative scam. This type of job offer scam involves the cashing of fake checks and money orders. It could expose you to losses of tens of thousands of dollars as well as to the risk of criminal prosecution and (in some cases) imprisonment.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024062562 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "ROLAND WESSEL" <roland2wessel@msn.com>
Reply-To: roland2wessel@rediffmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:47:21 +0000
Subject: reliable representative needed

Dear Partner,

Compliments of the day to you.Let me crave your indulgence to introduce
myself to you I am Mr Roland Wessel chief executive officer of Star Energy
Group plc we are OPEC members who deal on crude oil and raw material and
export into the Canada/America and Europe.

I will want to solicit for your assistance to help collect a cheque that is
due for payment to me for services and supplies i rendered.

Please if you are willing to assist, i will want you to furnish me with your
particulars, so as to enable me give you further details. Please,you have to
be an honest and trusted person, as more payments wil be made through you in
the course of this transaction.And moreso you will be
entitled to 10% of every payment that you are able to recieve for us from
our customers.
Please contact us for more information via email with the below informations
filled out.

NAME..................................
MAILING ADDRESS.......................
AGE:..................................
STATUS:...............................
STATE/COUNTRY........................
FAX NUMBER:...........................
TELEPHONE NUMBERS (MOBILE)............
OCCUPATION:...........................
NAME OF BANK:.........................
We look forward in working with you.
NOTE:This does not require any of your financial obligations

WARMEST REGARDS,

Mr.Roland Wessel
C.E.O
Star Energy Group plc.
1st Floor
5 Lower Belgrave Street
London SW1W 0NR
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 7024 0625 62

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