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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:
  • "money order " (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.
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • james_fred234@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "James Fredrich" <james_fred234@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:15:37 +0000
Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER

Hello,
My name is James Fredrich and I am geologist and a miner.I saw your advert
on the web for employment. I live in United kingdom here with my two kids,
four cats, one dog and the love of my life. It is definitely a full house.
I have been doing this geological work since I was a small child. That
gives me about 21 years of experience. I majored mostly in excavation of
feldspars and transforming this raw materials into useful products such as
toothpastes,soaps and other useful items. though at first ,it was somehow a
non rewarding task but now life seems more promising that i ever thought as
i have acquired customers from almost everypart of the world in which
America is not left behind.
With the recent boom in the demand for this feldspathic products,especially
with great demands from customers coming from the United State of America.I
have somehow started facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling
my products to Americans,they are always offering to pay with a US MONEY
ORDER,which is difficult for me to cash here in thailand. I am looking for a
representative in the states,an epitome of truth,a symbol of honesty and a
paragon of trust who will be working for me as a partime worker and i will
be willing to pay 10% for every transaction,which wouldnt affect ur present
state of work,someone who would help me recieve payments from my customers
in the states.i mean someone that is responsible and reliable,cause the
cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive,i am
working on setting up a branch in the states,so for now i need a
representative in the United States who will be handling the payment
aspect. These payments are in money order and they would come to you in your
name, so all you need do is cash the money order deduct your percentage and
wire the rest back. But the problem i have is trust,But i have my way of
getting anyone that gets away with our money,i mean the FBI branch in
Washington gets involved.It wouldnt cost u any amount,u are to receive
payments which will be sent to u by fedex,Ups or any delivery courier from
my business partners,which would come in form of a money order then u are to
cash it and send the cash to me via western union money transfer or
moneygram money transfer,all transfer fees should be deducted from the
money.If you are interested,please
get back to me on this email james_fred234@yahoo.com as soon as possible.
Yours,
James

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