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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447024031356 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "david johnson" <davidjohnson_fabrics12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: davidjohnson_1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:21:31 -0800
Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are glad to offer you for a job position with our company.We need
someone to work for the company as a Representative/Book keeper in the
USA. This is in view of our not having an office presently in the
USA.You
don't need to have an Office and this certainly won't disturb any form
of
work you have going at the moment.Our Company specialises in the
Sourcing,Outsourcing and Procurement of any commodity from the Eastern
European supply base.

We undertake order placement as a one-off batch and project management
of
the transfer of an entire series of processes and commodities without
compromising quality.We source the following variety of clothing
materials:- batiks,assorted fabrics for interior decor, silk and
traditional costumes which we have clients we supply weekly in the USA.
Our integrated network of yarn and fabric manufacturing operations use
state-of-the-art textile equipment from the world's leading suppliers.
Order processing,production monitoring and process flow are seamlessly
integrated through a company-wide computer network.

The average monthly income is about 4000USD(1000 USD salary inclusive).
* No form of investments from you.
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day

About the job:
We have sales representatives all over the world to distribute our
products.It's a known fact,that it's not easy to start a business in a
new
market (being the US). There are hundreds of competitors, close direct
contacts between suppliers and customers and other difficulties,which
impede our sales promotion.We have decided to deliver the products
upfront,

Presently with the amount of Orders we have, we cannot put them on hold
for fear of loosing the customers outrightly. Secondly we cannot cash
these payments from the US soon enough, as international Cheques take
about 15-20 working days for cash to be made available.Your task is to
coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment
process.You are not involved in any sales or marketing.
After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products.About
90
percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheques and
Traveller's cheques on the amount involved.We have decided to open this
new job position for solving this problem.Your tasks are:

Recieve payment from Customers.
2. Cash Payments at your Bank.
3. Deduct 10% which will be your commission/pay on each Payment
processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of commission/pay to any of the
offices
you will be contacted to send payment through (Western Union Money
Transfer).

www.westernunion.com


Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them
cashed
at your bank or other Cashing Services.Deduct your commission and
foward
the balance to the company . If you are interested, N: B, Please send
to
me the listed information below:

#Your full name:
#Your full home address,
#Your age,#Occupation and as well your
#marital status, and your,
#direct contact telephone number,
#Your bank name (ONLY)
We understand that this job position is very challenging and you should
understand it. We are looking only for persons who satisfy our
requirements and will be an earnest assistant.We envisage 3-7 work
hours
per week.If you feel that you are a serious, trustworthy and earnest
person and you want to work for PACIFIC FABRICS,Please respond
immediately.
ONLY SERIOUS AND INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS SHOULD PLEASE REPLY.

TO: CEO / DAVID JOHNSON
PACIFIC FABRICS
Units 5 & 6
Park Road
Frome
Somerset
BA11 1EU
United Kingdom
COMPANY WORKING HOUR'S
9:00am to 6:pm all days.
Tel: +44-702-403-1356
Tel: +44-702-403-1357
Tel: +44-702-403-1358
PACIFIC FABRICS. RECRUITMENT

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