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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.
• 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.
  • rttcj@mail.md (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Royal Textile Trading Company Japan <rttc874@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rttcj1@mail.md>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:42:42 +0000
Subject: JOB OFFER



Royal Textile Trading Company Japan.Tel:+81-(50)5532-5187
Dear Candidate,We have a job offer available for you in response to your Initialrequest in the Job search directory.We are a very small Internationaltrading company with our corporate headquarters based in Japan.We dealon raw materials and finished personal care products including livelong products.
Due to our competent records we have been recieving orders fromNORTHERN AMERICA,AUSTRALIA,and EUROPE which we have notbeen able to process competently since we do not have a paymentrecieving personel in these Areas as it is difficult to have paymentssent from foreign countries processed within a short time in ASIA.Wehave decided to recruit payment officers online hence we will be needing arepresentative to process our payments in these areas - due to delaysin processing payments from these areas in ASIA.REMEMBER: THE MORE ORDERS YOU PROCESS- AT A FASTER THE RATE THE HIGHER YOU STAND TO EARN DAILY.What we ask:Two free hours daily not including weekends, Internetaccess for sending and receiving e-mails,available means of cashingmoney orders/checks at your bank using your existing bank account.
IMPORTANT:You must be over 21 years of age.U.S,UK,CANADIAN OR AUSTRALIAN
CITIZENSHIP.If you meet these conditions please contact us by replyingat thise-mail addres(rffcj@yahaoo.it)(rttcj@mail.md) to receive aRepresentative Contract agreement do give us your personal informations as stated below,
1.Full Names2.Full Contact Address3.Phone/fax Numbers4.Age5.Occupation6.Company NameDo get back with the above informations for quick delivery of payments.ThanksRobert WoodsDirector of Payments
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