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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.
• 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.
  • kelly.textile@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "thamesmead@terra.es" <thamesmead@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:43:22 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: HI



Hello,
MY name is LOUIS Kelly,sales manager THAMESMEAD TEXTILES LIMITED.
Our organisation is a leader in the export of textile products
including a variety of yarns and myriadof fabrics as well as
various clothing materials.We deliver competitively-priced,
quality products to our customers in the textile industry.Our
Head office is in London,England UK,with branches all over
Europe.

We have been expanding our clientelle to the United States/
Canada,North America as well as Asia and have gotten some
clients over there.We need trustworthy Representatives
in your region that can help as a link between us and our clients
over there.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
At this point,We will be glad if you could work with us as our
representative or book-keeper in your country.You will be working
as our payment assistant in charge of collecting and processing
payments from our clients.Since they will be making the payment
in checks/money Orders made payable only in your country,you will
be collecting this payments,cash them at your bank,then be forwarding
them via money transfer medium that would be given to you later.And for
this service,We agree to pay you 10% of every total amount you
collect from our clients.

If interested,kindly click the reply button and furnish us
with the follwoing information that will enable us process your
application:

NAME :
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBER(S):
MOBILE PHONE:
OCCUPATION(IF ANY)
AGE:
Best time to call:

We hope to hear from you soon.
Mr. LOUIS Kelly
THAMESMEAD TEXTILES LIMITED
Unit 24 Mannford Ind. Estate,
Manor Road, Thamesmead,
London.
Tel:+44 208 626 90596
kelly.textile@yahoo.co.uk






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