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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:
  • "% commission" (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. )
  • "deduct your 10%" (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. )
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "money orders " (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. )
  • "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. )
  • "cashiers 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 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.
  • jsroberts10@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jason roberts <jsroberts13r@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jsroberts10@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:48:39 -0600
Subject: A Representative Needed.



Head Office 6th Floor,Phoenix House
18 King William Street London,EC4N 7BPUNITED KINGDOMHello,Good day, it’s my honorable pleasure to present to you this job offer from our reputable company. “J.S INTEGRATION SERVICES, UK.J.S integration Services is a service oriented company based in the United Kingdom which specializes in sourcing, procurement and disbursement of commodities like Aluminum, Industrial Chemicals, Raw Materials, Non-Ferrous Metal, Aluminum Products, Construction, Plastic and Rubber, and Ceramics Products, Professional Products Drawing, Graphic, Arts and crafts, and advanced electronic devices to U.S, Canada and Europe. We are glad to offer you a job position with our company. We need someone to work for the company as a Payment Representative in the USA. This is in view of our not having an office presently in the USA.You don't need to have an Office and this certainly won't disturb any form of work you are doing at the moment. Due to the Increasing number of clients that we have in the U.S.A, Canada and Europe, we are having difficulty in reaching to all of them, therefore we decided to employ representatives to help reach out to our clients. As our representative, you shall serve as a link between us and our clients and you will also be responsible for the collection of payments on our behalf.Presently with the amount of Orders we have, we cannot put them on hold for fear of loosing the customers out rightly.Secondly we cannot cash these payments from the US soon enough, as international Cheque take about 15-20 working days for cash to be made available. We lose about 75,000 USD of net income each month because we have money transfer delays. Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales or marketing. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through SHIPPMENT, UPS, and DHL & FEDEX).The customer receives and checks the products. After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheque,Cashiers Check and Money orders based on the amount involved. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed at your bank or other Cashing Services.Deduct your 10% commission on every transaction and forward the balance to the company.If you are interested, please send to me the listed information below:via jsroberts10@yahoo.com1. Your full name:2. Your full home/ Mailing address3. Your age/sex4. Present occupation 5. Marital status6. Contact telephone numberWe understand that this job position is very challenging and you should understand it too. We are looking only for persons who satisfy our requirements and will be in earnest assistant.Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country. Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address: jsroberts10@yahoo.com Yours Faithfully,JASON ROBERTS.DIRECTOR J.S INTEGRATION SERVICES.
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