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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:
  • "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. )
  • "cashiers check" (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.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +447024068663 (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.
  • denrid@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dennis Ridout <dmneee080@msn.com>
Reply-To: <denrid@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 08:17:39 +0000
Subject: Attn:Part-Time Job Offer



Premium Arts is a United Kingdom Based Company with established leaders in innovative Art Works Technology, providing art materials worldwide. We serve the entire United States and a growing export market. Premium Arts needs a representative for the company to co-ordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process in the US. The selected representative will not be 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 ordered for. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through cashiers checks, Money Orders and bank wire transfer based on the amount involved.For instance,customers owing the company $4000 are required to pay in US certified checks or money orders.cutomers owing amout of $8000 and above are required to pay via bank wire transfer,while customers owing $100,000 and above are required to make a bank wire transfer into an account that can hold that large amount of funds. We have decided to open this new contract to hire job position for solving this problem.



ATTESTATION



According to how you have been briefed above,you are required to receive payments on behalf of the above-mentioned firm, make reservations and pay in the rest of funds into the Company via money gram or western union. Our customers prefer to pay in form of checks, drafts, bill pay and at times cash.All you just need to do when u recieve payment from our client is to Cash Payment at your Bank or Deposit payment and You will receive 10% on each transaction that you process on our behalf. For example if you recieve a check for 4000.00 USD and your 10% after processing the check should be 400.00 USD and Plus your basis monthly salary is 1000.00 USD .So if u are interested fill the form and get back to us as soon as possible.



WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR US
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1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.


2. Cash Payment at your Bank or Deposit payment and let us know how long it is going to take before it clears the Bank.


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 instructed to send payment to.



You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this is only a part time job.It is also a good paying job. But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are hoping you satisfy our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start running our branch office in your state.



If interested,please send replies to denrid@gmail.com with the following details:


* Full Names______________
* Address_________________
* City____________________
* State___________________
* Zip Code________________
* Home Phone______________
* Cell Phone______________
* Age_____________________
* Email___________________
* Present Occupation______
* Sex_____________________
* Bank Name_______________
* Do you have an Home Equity?....Yes.... No...



In agreement to this kindly append signature below.
Signature .......................
Date .......................


Premium Art
Dennis Ridout
C.E.O
+447024068663

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