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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "cashier's check" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045732164 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: HINES V MILLER <hinesdmiller006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <hinesdmiller005@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:09:41 -0400
Subject: *PART TIME JOB*



Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Hines by name. I just came about your email address through an email listing affiliated with the US Chamber of Commerce and I would be very interested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you could earn a lot without quitting your present Job or having problem with your employers.

I am a man with 3 kids all boys and the love of my life, my wife Grainne. I am a somewhat a multi-talented man and I do quite a lot of traveling and get to meet quite a lot of people in my line of work. I just resigned my job as a research scientist for HARINI (Hilsborough Agricultural Research Institute of Nothern Ireland) in Ireland. However, I still work as a freelance consultant for the institute which gives me very much time to do my own work as a freelance researcher who could be employed by research institutes worldwide to do research projects anywhere in the world.

I reside in Dublin, Ireland even though I have lived most of my life in other parts of the world; I fully reside in Ireland. Presently, I have been granted a funding to head a research project in the tropical regions of West Africa regarding rare and vulnerable plant species and this would be commencing very soon. However, my funding were by my American counterparts who send me the bunch of payments mostly in US based money orders. Getting an accountant in the states or opening an account would have been my best choice but I have a deadline to meet and taking any of those choices would cost me time and a whole lot of other requirements. I cannot handle now, as I would be traveling a lot in the meantime.

So presently, assuming you would be able to deal with cash, I would be willing to offer you an employment on contract basis to be my payment representative there in the states. This way I would inform my sponsors to issue and make payments in form of Money Orders, Cashier's Check, etc out to you; you could then cash them out, deduct 10% of the total amount on these payment instruments as your salary and then send the rest back to me through wire transfer.

Please, bear it in mind that we would be dealing with quite a handful of cash and you could be making up to $5000 just working with me in a short period of time within 1-2 weeks.

I would be glad if you accept my proposal and I intend to commence as soon as you are ready. If you are interested, please email me back so we could make concluding arrangements.

Thank YouHines MillerHilsborough Agricultural Research Institute of Northern IrelandCapers Lake, Hillsborough BT26 6DR+44 704 573 2164=================Full Name: ...................................Resident Address (In full, including zip code):........................Telephone Number (Land and mobile)...........................Age: ................................Sex: .........................Occupation:...........................Alternate Email........................Bank (Name Only)........................

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