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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:
  • "ich habe eine neue e-mail-adresse!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "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. )
  • "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.
• 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.
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +447011122002 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • toddsmith_uk@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Todd=20Smith?= <toddsmith_uk@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: toddsmith_london@o2.pl
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:26:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GET MORE INCOME, WORK AT HOME


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: toddsmith_uk@yahoo.de



- Good day Sir/Ma,This is an employment opportunity for you to work online from home and earn good money. Impext Textiles and Fabrics Ind. needs a financial controller/ representative in the States. We are glad to offer you for a job position at our company Impext Textiles and Fabrics Ind. 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 would not disturb or affect any form of work you do at the moment(PRESENT JOB).We presently run a textile and fabrics industry in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the States(FINANCIAL CONTROLLER). We produce various clothing materials,batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional(AFRICAN ART GALLERIE) costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the US. Our clients make payments for supplies every week in form of Money Orders or Cashier's Check which are not readily cashable outside the United States. So, we need someone !
in the US to work as our representative/agent and assist us in processing all payments from our clients and we pay weekly salary.* The average monthly income is about $4,000.00 USD.* No form of investments from you.* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day.Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process.You are not involved in any sales.Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX OR UPS). 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks and Moneyorders based on the amount involved so we have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.Your tasks are;1. Receive payment from Customers 2. Proccess/Cash Payments at your Bank 3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on each Payment processed 4 Forward balance after deduction of percentage/ pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to be forwarded either by Mon!
ey Gram or Western Union Money Transfer).www.westernunion.com,www.mone
ygram.com,Local Money transfers take barely hours, so it will give us the possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your bank or other Cashing Services, deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the company via Western Union Money Transfer or MoneyGram Money Transfer All I need is to forward your information to our customers in the US so they could issue payments out to you and send via priority mail to you, as we understand that this is an incredible job position. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job;you'll get good income and regular job. we are looking for the worker who will be a serious assistant.Thus, we are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are a serious worker and you want to work for Impext Textiles and Fabrics Ind., Kindly indicate interest by filling this form, so that we can forward !
it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as the company's representative in the States FIRST NAME.............LAST NAME.........ADDRESS..............PHONENUMBER(S)........GENDER.....MARITALSTATUS.......AGE......OCCUPATION....Thank you for your maximum co-operationTodd Smith,Impext Textiles London,45 CROWNSTONE ROAD,LONDON. SW2 1LY.+44701-112-20024.

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