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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)
  • "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. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "davidrogers111 Gazeta.pl" <davidrogers111@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:43:13 -0700
Subject: RE:WORK AND BE PAID FROM HOME. URGENT REPLY


ASHLEY FURNITURE COMPANY
www.ashleyfurniture.com


Dear Sir/madam,


We have a job opening for the position of Accounts receivable position.Would
you like to work form your home and get paid weekly? We are offering this
position to all interested applicants. Please carefully read through ASHLEY
FURNITURE COMPANY is a well established Manufacturing Firm,That delivers
delivering high quality precision furnitures products to some of the largest
and best known companies in far back Asia ,the Regions Of America and Rest
of The world for a long time.You will find our high quality furnitures in
the BEST products on the market today.


We serve the entire United States and a growing export market, particularly
in the supplies of selected products. Superior products including Sofas &
Loveseats,Bedding Ensembles, Chairs & Ottomans. Your primary task for now ,
as a representative of the company 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. After
this has been done the customer has to pay for the products but in most
cases we make our clients prepay for orders or items they order for.


About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks or
Money Orders and transfer by bank to bank drawn from the United State based
on the amount involved. We have decided to open this new contract -to-hire
job position for solving this problem.Your First Primary task(Collection of
Payments):


1.Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.

2.Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.


3.Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4.Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices
you will be contacted to send payment to.
You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job is part
time, you'll get good income .But this job is very challenging and you
should understand it.We are considering your application because you satisfy
our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we
start running our branch office in your state.


Get back to us with information below, so that we can add your mailing
address to our Regional database and forward it to our customers for them to
contact you with their mode of payments.


First Name................... Middle name.................. Last
name.................... Address Line 1............... Address Line
2............... City.........................
State........................ Zip/Postal code..............
Age.......................... Nationality.................. Home
phone................... Cell phone...................

YOUR PREFFERED MODE OF COMMUNICATION EITHER BY PHONE OR BY EMAIL


Your response to this email is needed , so that we can reconfirm your
mailing address details we have in our database.
We will be updating you as soon as the payment is being sent to you and you
will be directed as to where to have the remaining 90% of the money sent
to, after the deduction of your 10% pay on any payments received and
processed by you.
A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this email will be appreciated.



Thanks For Your Total Understanding.


David Rogers
Staffing and Recruiting Dept,
Regional Manager,
ASHLEY FURNITURE COMPANY
www.ashleyfurniture.com
STATUS OF YOUR RESUME !
RE:WORK AND BE PAID FROM HOME. URGENT REPLY

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