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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • processingdept026@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info contact" <processingdept26@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 09:36:39 +0100 (MET)
Subject: URGENT REPRESENTATIVE...NEEDED


Hello,
I will be brief, I am Evans Ellis, a broker based in the U.K.We represent a number of firms based in Asia involved in Imports/Exports of products and industrialized goods. Your email address was selected through a specialized mail-marketing request made possible through associations and unions and based on your location in which you currently reside in America.
As a middleman, my job is to search for representative who can help us establish a medium of getting to the customers of our clients in the Canada/America and Europe as well as making payments through the representative from the company. Get paid on commission from 7% and up to 15%. Minimum guaranteed commission will be US$2000 and upwards monthly. With more experience, it could get to US$5,000 monthly. There is no catch or special qualifications,but integrity and honesty is a must.
If you think this is something you could do,to proceed do forward the below listed information:
1. Full names
2. Mailing Address:(Please indicate complete mailing address)
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age:
8. Marital Status:
9. Nationality:
10. Country:
11. Company Name (If any):
12. Resume/CV
Note!!
For the sake of confidentiality I would prefer you to reply me via my recruiting email account:(processingdept026@yahoo.com.hk) Thank you for your time as we are looking forward to working with you.
Regards,
Evans Ellis.

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