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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • aif.employer@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3aaif.employer@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: "rose john" <rosejohn2009@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:03:35 +0000
Subject: EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY WITH GEM-ROCK GROUP LTD


GEM-ROCK GROUP LTD
Department of Foreign Recruitment Services
Dr. Abdullah Ibrahim Farooq
CEO Employment Services
Email:aif.employer@yahoo.com.hk <Email%3Aaif.employer@yahoo.com.hk>

www.gemrock-goldgroup.webnode.com
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY WITH GEM-ROCK GROUP LTD

Under the chairmanship of Dr. Abdullah Ibrahim .F, The CEO Employment
Services, GEM-ROCK GROUP LIMITED, our management in her entirty wishes to
make notification of vacancies in the relevant offices for immediate
employment.
These department includes:

-Accounting and financial department
-Engineering department
-Administrative department
-Client control department
-Marketing department
-Sales Bargain Dept
-Foreign Investment Analytic Department
-Public Relation Department

Applicant CV's are urgently recommended for official assessment, afterward
applying via the official protocols of filling the application forms and
reporting with the basic credincials that will satisfy the taste of the
recruitment board

Kind Regards
Dr. Abdullah Ibrahim Farooq

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