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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447045724405 (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.
  • brindex_officer@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A9=20Brindex=20Company?= <A01190337@itesm.mx>
Reply-To: brindex_officer@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:44:39 +0000
Subject: JOB OFFER!!! BRINDEX OIL COMPANY

BRINDEX OIL COMPANY
Lavington London.
SE1 0NZ.
Switchboard
United Kingdom

www.BRINDEX.co.uk

Call Recruitment Office
Tel: +44 704 572 4405
Fax: +44 020 702 1331

ATTN:

INTERNATIONAL EXPATRIATE OFFICIAL JOB ONLINE INTERVIEW

Your name has been shortlisted/Choosen among the Lucky
expatriates who submitted the CV to the United Kingdom
Job recuitment online directory ,before we will issue you
the Success Letter and the Contract / Working Document,
You have to fill the following informations and send it
back to us

Via-Email: brindex_officer@yahoo.com

Full Names:

City:

State:

Country:

Zipcode:

Sex:

Phone:

Age:

Marital Status:

Get back to me as soon as possible.

BAR.DEREK KIDD,
Head of Recruitment Service.
BRINDEX OIL COMPANY

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