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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:

• 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.
  • topeadewaledesk@yahoo.com
  • farma@mail2webmaster.com

Fraud email example:

From: "topeade@terra.es" <topeade@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:06:27 +0100 (MET)
Subject: JOB OFFER



Happy New Year to You Onceagain

We opt to have contacted you before but we are doing so again just because we haven't heard from you so far. Like we indicated in our previous messages that we are a Trading company based in Asia and we need foreign representatives who will serve as receivers of our funds from sales of our products locally distributed in the United States and Europe. For detailed information get back to us so that we can forward our company profile and terms, conditions and criteria for this opportunity.

Once our products are purchased, payments would be made to our receivers and from here we are paid less the 10% of our funds.If you are interested in transacting business with us kindly contact us directly with the details required above, also by stating your location to be US. Subject to our satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to let us know how we will upgrade your percentage for your services as our representative in America/Europe. If your interest to this proposal is affirmative, kindly get back to me via email topeadewaledesk@yahoo.com or customer care at farma@mail2webmaster.com and we shall discuss further. Also we are confiding in you which is one of most reasons why we are contacting you again.

Kind Regards,
Tope Adewale
Sale and External Affairs Manager
Farma Oil / Plastics Field Co.Ltd
topeadewaledesk@yahoo.com
farma@mail2webmaster.com






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