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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:
  • "top of the day to you" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "% of every payment" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
  • "cheque " (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. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
• 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.
  • richar_dadamse@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR RICHAR DADAMSE" <richa@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: richar_dadamse@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:05:54 +0000
Subject: EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT ACCOUNT

Dear Sir,
Top of the day to you.
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having
gone through your remarkable profile on the internet.Though, this
medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it
because it still remains the fastest,surest and most secured medium of
communication.
Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you I am Mr
Mr Richard Adams chief executive officer of Star Energy Group plc we are OPEC
members who deal on crude oil and raw material and export into the
Canada/America and Europe.
My company is looking for a God fearing legal practioner who is honest and interested in a long term business relationship.I will want to solicit for your assistance to help collect a payment that is due to my company for services and supplies i rendered.my company want a lawyer who has a trust account to receive the fund for us.
why we want a lawyer with trust account was because of our previous exeperince where our representative run away with our money.after our bitter expirence we want a lawyer we can direct our costumers to make a payment to him through cashier cheque to his/her trust account.our reason of not receiving the fund direct to our country was because of our country monetary policy.also it takes much time for a cheque to clear in india.
Our costumers will raise a cashiera cheque in your favour.
Please if you are willing to assist, i will want you to furnish me with
your particulars, so as to enable me give you further details. Please,
you have to be an honest and trusted person, as more payments
wil be made through you in the course of this transaction.
And moreso you will be entitled to 7% of every payment that you are able to
recieve for us from our customers.and all transfer charges would be deducted from the pricipal amount.Please contact us for more information via email(richar_dadamse@yahoo.co.uk ) with the below
informations filled out.
NAME..................................
MAILING ADDRESS.
AGE:..................................
STATUS:...............................
STATE/COUNTRY.........................
MOBILE PHONE.............................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS...
COMPANY NAME..........................
OCCUPATION...............................
We look forward in working with you.
Mr.Richard Adams
C.E.O
Star Energy Group plc.
9th floor,suit 13
World trade center
New-Delhi India
Email:richar_dadamse@yahoo.co.uk NB:Ignore this mail if you are not intrested in the offer
and you cannot handle large sums of money. Thank you

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