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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.
• 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.
  • walter_sm76@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "john.smit1@terra.es" <john.smit1@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 02:51:36 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: ONLINE JOB OFFER


Hi,
Please can i have your attention for a moment?

Would u like to work online from home and get paid weekly?

L & H LIMITED needs a book-keeper in the state,so i want to know if you will like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job.It's just that i presently run a textile and fabrics firm i inherited from my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the states or canada.

My company produces various clothing materials,batiks,assorted fabrics and traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the states.
My clients make payments for our supplies every week which are not readily cashable outside the u.s or canada so we need someone in the states to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and i will pay him weekly.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS ON YOUR NAME THEN SEND IT TO YOU VIA MAIL OR COURIER.

I will need is your full name,address and phone numbers so we can foward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as the company'srepresentative in the states.

I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH U HAVE TO .REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT.AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO U I WILL LET U KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

Please send your response via my private email: walter_sm76@yahoo.co.uk





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