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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:
  • "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. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. )
• 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 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.
  • vmoore102@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@picture.la
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:04:38 -0800
Subject: JOB OFFER..................

S&A TEXTILES & FABRICS COMPANY.
112 st. Mary's road,
liverpool L192 JG,
UNITED KINGDOM

My name is vince moore and I own a company that sells Chinese andAfrican textile and fabric material in London (S&ATEXTILES & FABRICS COMPANY),I just came about your email address and your brief profile through an email listing affiliated with the US Chamber of Commerce. I am looking for a trustworthy matured representative in USA /Canada that can help as a link between me and my client over there.my USA/CANADA clients like to pay me in form of US/CANADA checks i.e traveller checks,money orders,cashier checks e.t.c and this which are not readily cashable outside the US or canada..The main reason why the funds cannot be cashed down here is that it would take 20-24 days for a a US money order to pass through the bank here
and that would tie down my capital and not make business move fast.


WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR US?
what i need is a representative in the usa/canada who will receive these payments from my clients on behave of me and then will deduct 10% of the money from each payment made and then send the rest funds to me here or one of our various companies regional zones via western union money transfer or money gram.you will also deduct the transfer fees and then send the rest,so in summary::...... YOU CLEAR THE CHECKS AT YOUR BANK OR CASHING CENTRE,DEDUCT 10% AND TRANSFER FEES,THEN WIRE THE REST FUNDS TO ME VIA WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM.

N/B:FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY DO NOT REPLY ON THIS BOX,ALL REPLIES SHOULD BE SENT TO vmoore102@hotmail.com


ADVANTAGES
You do not have to go out as you will work as an independent contractor right from your home office. Your job is absolutely legal. You can earn up to $3000-4000 monthly depending on time you will spend for this job. You do not need any capital to start. The employees who make efforts and work hard have a strong possibility to become managers. Anyway our employees never leave us.
so if you are interested please i will be needing the following information:
FULL NAME:
CONTACT ADRRESS:
CITY:
ZIPCODE:
STATE:
PHONE NOMBER(HOME/CELL):
CURRENT JOB IF ANY:
AGE:


i will be expecting your reply to my mail box (vmoore102@hotmail.com) as soon as possible.

vince moore
CEO
S&A TEXTILES & FABRICS COMPANY.

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