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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "cheques " (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.
  • ceoitochucorporation@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ITOCHU CORPORATION <itc_cord18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ceoitochucorporation@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:08:52 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT AGENT NEEDED FOR IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT!!!



ITOCHU-Corporation 5-1, Kita-Aoyama 2-chome Minato-ku,
Tokyo 107-8077, Japan.


Dear Sir/Madam, We are ITOCHU-corporation based in Japan.We export Machinery into America, Europe, and Australia. We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our foreign payment receiving officer, who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods we supply to our clients in America, Europe, or Australia Most of our overseas customers prefer to pay us in cheques and drafts for goods supplied. And due to the increase in demand of our products in America and Canada, we have decided to seek representatives who can directly receive payments from our clients within these region. Note that, as our representative, you will receive 10% of whatever amount you receive for this company and the balance will be transferred as instructed. If you are interested in this business proposal, ensure that you reply us immediately via this email address: ceoitochucorporation@gmail.com
Please contact us via email with the information below: NAME..................................................... HOUSE/POSTAL ADDRESS.................... AGE:..................................................... STATUS:............................................... STATE/COUNTRY................................. TEL/FAX/CELL NUMBERS.................... BANK NAME:...................................... COMPANY NAME............................... OCCUPATION.................................... We look forward to working with you. Sincerely, Mr Masahiro OkafujiPresidentITOCHU-corporationJapan. NB: Ignore this mail if you are not interested in the offer and you cannot handle large sums of money.Thank you Reply-to: ceoitochucorporation@gmail.com
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