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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:
  • "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 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.
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Jimmy Davis." <jimmydavis_inc1900@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jimmydavis_inc1901@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 21:30:36 +0000
Subject: Soliciting For Representative In States.

China Agricultural And Petro-chemical Industry Incorporated.
Room 401, 20# Zhonghe St.Yizhuang Economical
Development Zone. Daxing, Beijing, China.

UNITED KINGDOM OFFICE.
FLAT 5,7&8 MARVIN HOUSE.
132, OLD OXFORD STREET.
LONDON, X2P5BP.
ENGLAND.

The requirements for the candidates are:
-Being energetic,responsible,honest and industrious.
-Being under 80 years old.
-Having a few (1-2) spare hours a day.
-Having a landline or a mobile phone.
-Having an email.
-Having valid home address.

Once you are able to attribute to yourself and meet all the above-listed requirement,
you should probably try to apply for an offered position....,our company remains one
of the most successful distributors. We manufacture, supply and export Pharmaceutics,
Agricultural, Textile and Chemical Engineering Products for world trade.....Recently our
company profit has increased so much that we decided to expand into the markets of
Malaysia, Australia,Russia,Senegal and Spain. We are always facing serious difficulties
when it comes to selling our products to Americans,they are always offering to pay with
a US MONEY ORDER and CASHEIRS CHECK, which is difficult for us to cash here in
China,Russia, Malaysia and United Kingdom.

I am looking for a representative in the states who will be working for me as a part time
worker and i will be willing to pay %10 for every transaction, which wouldnt affect your
present state of work. I mean someone who would help us recieve payments from our
customers in the states.Someone that is responsible and reliable,because the cost of
coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive, i am working on how to
setup a branch in the states, so for now i need a representative in the united states who
will be handling the payment aspect. These payments are in money order or cashier
check, and they would come to you in your name, so all you need do is cash the money
order deduct your percentage and wire the rest back.It wouldnt cost you any amount,
you are to receive payments which will be sent to u by fedex or UPS from my business
patners, which would come in form of a money order or cashier check then you are to
cash it and send the cash to me via western union money transfer or moneygram money
transfer,all charges for the wiring will be covered by China Agricultural And Petro -
Chemical Industry Incorporated.

If you are interested, i will forward the Company forms which you will need to fill and send
back to me.

Best Regards
Dr. Jimmy Davis.
(Marketing Manager).

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