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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)
  • "money order " (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 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.
  • williams_mark147@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "infodepot22000@terra.es" <infodepot22000@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 15:54:11 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: JOB OFFER


H&S ARTS AND CRAFTS
eSources.co.uk
Unit 13 - The Cloisters
145 Commercial Street
London - E1 6EB
United Kingdom
www.esources.co.uk

Dear Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid
instantly?
We are glad to offer you a job position at our company.Our Company is a
company based in UK and we are into manufacturing of ARTS AND CRAFTS
with numerous customers Home and Abroad. We offer a wide and versatile
range of classic, luxurious ARTS & CRAFTS with a contemporary twist
which specialize in the distribution of various Arts and Crafts and
export into the Africa/Canada/America and Europe. Due to the expansion
of our products on the markets of Europe, Canada, Dubai and European
countries. We have started recruitment for the position of the
representative Officer in your States. We need a representative in the
States who will be in charge of all our payment from the United States
clients/customers. Because most of our customer from the States pay
through Certified Cheque, Cashier Cheques,Wire Transfer which are not
negotiable here in UK. This brings our quest to employ a credible and
trustworthy fellow as our representative to handle our payments. This
would not affect your present job but serve as another stream of income
to your good self. Being our representative assisting us in processing
the payments from our clients, we will pay you weekly salary and you
shall earn 10% of every payment you process for us, due to the fact
that
we cannot cash the US money order upon receipt here in the UK.In the
past few years we have lost about 75,000 USD of net income each month
because of money transfer delays.
REQUIIREMENT FOR EMPLOYEES ARE:
Honest, responsible and dedicated.
Having no problem with the authorities
Having a functional bank account to receive payment (Company account is
an advantage)
Having a reliable character and mobile phone
WHAT IS YOUR INTEREST?
Your tasks are:
1.Receive payment from Customers.
2.Cash it at your Bank.
3.Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
4.Forward balance after deduction of percentage/ pay to any of the
offices you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to be
forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer). A
local
Money transfer takes barely hours, so it will give us a possibility to
get customer's payment almost immediately. After establishing close
co-operation you'll be able to operate with larger orders and you'll be
able to earn more. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you
get them cashed in your bank deduct your weekly salary and forward the
balance to the company via western union money transfer or money gram
money transfer. We understand it is an unusual and incredible job
position. This job takes only 3-5 hours per week. You'll have a lot of
free time doing another job; you'll get good income and regular job.
But
this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are
looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be
an earnest assistant. We are glad to offer this job position to you. If
you feel that you are serious about this and you are an earnest worker,
all we need is your (Full Name, Address and Phone Number) so we can
forward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as
the company's representative in the States. A letter of
appointment/employment from our company will be sent to you which you
have to reply with a scanned copy of your identification attached to
it.
As soon as we confirm payment coming to you, we shall let you know and
we shall give you the information to send the funds to the company
after
you must have deducted your percentage .If you're interested you can
send confirmation via email to Mr. Marian Williams, the Company
President/CEO on : williams_mark147@hotmail.com all these information:
FULL NAMES............................
ADDRESS.................................
CITY................................
STATE............................
ZIP CODE..........................
PHONE NUMBER'S....................
AGE..........................................
SEX..........................................
Very Respectfully,
Mrs.Mark Williams
MARKETING DIRECTOR
H & S /ESOURCES ARTS AND CRAFTS





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