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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:

• 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.
  • drbarry_99@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "drbarry_09@terra.es" <drbarry_09@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:31:09 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: *****ONLINE JOB OFFER*****


BARRY TRAVELS AND TOURS LTD.
Old Wish Road,
Eastbourne East Sussex England.

Dear Prospective Representative,

REQUEST TO ACT AS PAYMENT REPRESENTATIVE

First and foremost, I will like to introduce to you, Barry Travels and Tours Ltd. is a newly opened company registered and based in UK which commenced operations in 2004. We are into Travelling, tourism and General Importation of office equipments.Presently, we are faced with some problems most especially with our payment methods as most clients we have in the United States prefer to pay us with check rather than cash. We find it very cumbersome in accepting such payments due to the new monetary policy in our banking systems here in UK and this is crippling our business.

We have numerous customers in the United States/Canada and some other countries and we cannot afford to loose them due to this problem.We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our payment representatives (Barry Travels and Tours), to act as our clients who shall receive payment on our behalf from our customers in the United States.

You shall be entitled to an AGENT COMMISSION between 5% - 10% of each payment you receive on our behalf and this shall be a continuous process.

To indicate your interest please send to us.
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Your Full Names
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Your Address (NOT P.OBox)
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Street Number, City, State, Zip
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Occupation
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Position Held at Work
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Phone Number(s)
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Age
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Upon receipt of this requested information, i will assume you are SET for the said Part Time Employment, and business activities would commence with immediate effect.

Yours sincerely,
BARRY TRAVELS AND TOURS LTD.
Old Wish Road,
Eastbourne East Sussex England.
drbarry_99@yahoo.co.uk





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