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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "money orders " (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)
  • "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)
  • "cheques " (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.
• 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.
  • gturnipfabrics@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?peter=20turner?= <turnipfabrics@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: turnipfabrics_inc@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:51:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WORK FROM HOME AND GET PAID WEEKLY!!!


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- Dear Sir/Madam,Please can I have your attention for a moment? Would you like to work online from home/temporarily and get paid weekly? Our Company TURNIP FABRICS INC is a company based in UK and we are into Manufactures of Fabrics and Textiles with numerous customers home and abroad. We produce various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional costume. and if You will be glad with our produces. We need a representative in the states who will be in charge of all our payment from the United States clients/customers. Because most of our customer from the states pay through certified cheque, cashier `heques and money order which are not negotiable here in UNITED KINGDOM? This brings our quest to employ a credible and trustworthy fellow as our representative to handle our payments.This would not affect your present job but serve as another stream of income to your good self. Being our representative and assisting us in processing the payments from our clients, we will pay you weekly salary and shall earn 10% of every payment you processed us with. Due to the fact that we cannot cash the US money order upon receipt here in the UNITED KINGDOM.In the past few years we have lost about 75,000 USD of net income each month because of money transfer delays. Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales. Our sales manager is in charge selling our products, once he makes a sale we deliver the product to a customer (usually through Courier Service).The customer receives and checks the products and confirmed,the customer has to pay for the products. About 90% of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheques or Money orders based on the amount involved. We have decided to create this job position for solving this problem. Your tasks are;1. Receive payment from Customers,2. Cash it at your Bank,3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed,4. 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 payment almost immediately.For example you've got 3000.00USD You take your income: 300.00 USD Send to us: 2700.00 USD First month you will have 15-20 transactions on 3000.00-4000.00 USD So you may calculate your income.For example 18 transactions on 3500.00 USD give you 5610.00 USD Total: 6610.00 USD per month 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 sahary and forwar$ the balance to the company via western union money transfer or money gram money transfer. We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job; you'll get good income and regular job. But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be an earnest assistant. We are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are serious about this and an earnest worker, ALL WE NEED IS YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER, so we can forward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you on behalf of the company.I WILL ALSO EMAIL YOU AN EMPLOYMENT FORM FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLY BY FILLING IT WITH A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT.AWAITING YOUR URGENT RESPONE.PETER TURNER CEO Turnip Fabrics Inc

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