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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:

• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr (mrs) Elizebeth Hupkins" <lizhupkins@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 06:46:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: INFO


HELLO VICTIM-FULLNAME
First i must thank you for picking up the responsibility to be our payment officer via our costumers who are already and able to pay some of the outstanding bills,surphise to say that your role in this endeavoure is to serve as our agent to get to our customers who buys our products on supply basis .Your duty as a company representative is to help the company in collecting the outstanding bills been owned our comapany by clients,you will be given a commission of 10% for any payment made to you and you will be given instructions on how to remite the balance funds to us in turn.

HUPKINS CHEMICASL & MACHINERY LTD , has for the past 20 years supplied the Chemical Industry on a worldwide basis with all aspects of Chemicals,such as Calcium hexametaphosphate,Mercurous chloride,formaldehyde, Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane,Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate and Machineries such as Converting Machines,Finishing Machines,Stock Preparation Machineries (Used and Reconditioned),Chemical Preparation equipments,Automatic Reel Turn-Up Systems and Self Cleaning/Unblockable Dirt Trap Valves.
Please be adviced that we will have to begin the necessary process of approving you as our representative agent/partner on our receipt of your understanding and your sincere abilities to represent the company.We need you to fill this form so that a file can be opend for you.
FULL NAME:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
TEL/FAX NUMBER:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
FAMILY SIZE:
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT:
OCCUPATIONAL STATUS:
PRESENT INCOME:
COUNTRY:
STATE:
CAN YOU TRAVEL OUT OF YOUR COUNTRY (Y/N):
DO YOU HAVE INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/DRIVERS LINCENCE:
HAVE YOU BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE OR JAILED(Y/N):

On our receipt of your acknowledgement we will inform you on the next step to follow as regards our approval for you to being our representative in your province.

Please do acknowledge the receipt of this mail for further correspondence.

Regards
ELIZEBETH HUPKINS
President/CEO
HUPKINS CHEMICALS & MACHINERY LTD


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