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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (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.
• 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.
  • export700@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "imp_exp091@terra.es" <imp_exp091@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:13:39 +0100 (MET)
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED




Dear Friend,

I Dr.Morgan Jones, President ROYAL Import and Export company based in Nigeria. My company exports cocoa and other goods/services for world trade.

Presently we are searching for representatives in America and Canada to help establishing a medium of a quick transaction with our foreign customers in Europe and America as well as receiving payment from our clients on our behalf.

Your role is very vital to us because majority of our customers pays in Cheque and we do not have a foreign account to clear them. Therefore receiving the Cheque payment or Wire Transfer to your account as our representative for the cost of purchasing in your account will easy our transaction and a quick turn over.

It is upon this note that we seek your assistance to stand as our representative in your country.I can be reached on my Email:export700@yahoo.com.hk, Tel:0023414795610
On every remittance or cheque clearance made in your care as our representative, 10% should be a balance in your account as your commission and 90% should be wire to any of our future account or supplier to be given to you.

Please, if you can honestly assist us in this arrangement I will be so glad to build up a life time contact with you overseas .

More so, I will appreciate you send me the followings via email if this proposal interest you so we can proceed because we have customers waiting to be introduced to our foreign representative.

(1)Your full names,
(2)Contact address and,
(3)Phone/fax numbers.
Regards,

Dr.Morgan Jones,

President/ Ceo,
Royal Import/Export co.
Goods for Import/Export
Freight Fwdg. Svcs.








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