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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 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)
• 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 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.
  • +447031912595 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: greg george <gregholdings2005@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: mikebalms_k5@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:01:48 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: LUCRATIVE PART TIME JOB OFFER




HELLO

- How are you doing today? Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ? GREGORY HOLDINGS needs a book-keeper in the United States, so I want to know if you will like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? The company presently produces fabrics in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in united the states.The company deals in the sale of TEXTILES works, sculptures and produces various fabrics materials,batiks, assorted fabrics and various traditionalcostumes from all over the world and we have clients we supply weekly in the United States. Our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders which are not readily cashable outside the United States, so we need someone in the United States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and he/she would be paid a weekly salary. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS R!
ECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES, GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFEROur payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank deduct your weekly salary and foward the balance to the company via western union/money gram money transfer. Basically what the Company is searching for is a Representative/Book-keeper in the States who would help to establish a medium of getting our funds from our customers there. If youare interested in working with us we would be very glad as inability to get our Payment in cash has posed a big problem and has affected account reconciliation and turn over grosslyThese are legitimate transactions between our customers and our company Representative and there is no legal risk as these are payments for goodsalready bought and delievered. We are offering 12% of whatev!
er amount it is that you cash per week as salary and subject to your s
atisfaction you will be given the oppurtunity to negotiate the mode by which we will pay for yourservices as our official Representative/Book-keeper in the States.The mode we would prefer would be instant deduction of your salary from the Amount before going ahead to send whatever is left back via Western union/Money gram money transfer. We are aware that you would be chargedto have the money sent whatever that would amount to is to be deducted from the balance of the funds after you must have deducted your salary.Please if you are interested forward the following info:1.Full names2.Phone number/fax 3.Full contact address and zip code GREGORY HOLDINGS 1-3 Leinster Gardens LONDON, UNITED KINGDO2 bedM W2 6DP,United Kingdom +44-703-191-2595 GREG GEORGE

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