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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "cashier's check" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
• 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.
  • +447024015177 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448701302537 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • jboma005@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • camtexltd@adexec.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Joseph=20Boma?= <jboma005@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: camtexltd@adexec.com
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 08:50:18 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Employment


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: jboma005@yahoo.co.uk

My Dear,


Would you like to Work Online from home and get paid Weekly ?


Camtex Fabrics Ltd.its a Perfect Internet Marketing Program.We needs a


Book-Keeper in the United States,Canada,Australia,Germany,Sweden,Scotland,poland,belgium etc.


So I want to know if you will like to work from home and getting paid


for the services being rendered without leaving or affecting your present


Job? Camtex Fabrics Ltd. is a Textiles and Fabrics firm in the UK and we are


recruiting individuals to work for the Company as a Representative/Book


Keeper in the United States, Canada, Australia,


Germany,Sweden,Scotland,poland,belgium etc.


Camtex Fabrics Ltd. produces Various Clothing Materials, Batiks,


Assorted Fabrics and Traditional Costume which we have Customers we Supply


Weekly in the States.Our Customers make payments for our Supplies every Week in


form of Money Orders,Bankers Draft and Cashier's Checks,Checks which are not


Readily Cashable Outside the United States and their country of


issuance ,So we need Someone in the States and the above listed Countries to work as


our representative and Assist us in processing the payments from Our


Customers and Camtex Fabrics Ltd is offering 10% of the payment received which


will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.


All you Need to do is Receive payment from Customers.


get it Cashed at your Bank or any Financial institution that does such


tasks then Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of


the offices you will be contacted to send payment to.


(Payment is to forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money


Transfer.


A local Money transfer takes barely hours, so it will give us a


possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately.


For example you've got 3000.00USD


You take your income: 300.00 USD


Send to us: 2700.00 USD



After establishing close co-operation you'll be able to operate with


larger orders and you'll be able to earn more.


Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in


your bank deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the company


letter of employment would be sent to and you would fill it out and


send back via email .You will receive necessary information in 1-48


hours.NOTE:IF YOUR COUNTRY IS NOT AMONG THE ABOVE LISTED ,YOU CAN STILL APPLY SO


IF THERE IS ANY VACANCY IN YOUR COUNTRY ,WE CAN CONTACT YOU.



I Await your Urgent Response.


Warmest Regards,


Mr Joseph Boma


Camtex Fabrics Ltd


CELL PHONE NUMBER:+44-702-401-5177


FAX NO/+44-870-130-2537


E-Mail:camtexltd@adexec.com


Blackwood Road


Lillyhall North


workington


CA14 4JJ


Cumbria


united kingdom.


Please always reply to camtexltd@adexec.com





- Joseph Boma

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