419 scam: "FAIRLAND INDUSTRY LTD." <employment@jobs.com> Job Offer!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
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 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.
- +447024028533 (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.
- fairlandindustryltdchina111@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FAIRLAND INDUSTRY LTD." <employment@jobs.com>
Reply-To: fairlandindustryltdchina111@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 13:33:15 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Job Offer!

FAIRLAND INDUSTRY LTD.
Room 401, 20# Zhonghe St.
Yizhuang Economical Development Zone
Daxing, Beijing, China.

SOLICITING FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I represent the above named Company based in China. We manufacture, supply
and export Pharmaceutics, Agricultural, Textile and Chemical Engineering
Products for world trade.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of
getting to our customers in Europe, Canada and America as well as making
payments through them as payment officers.

In view of this you are expected to relate directly with me as the company
representative since I have been mandated to contact you and give them
frequent update about our activities. We do not currently have payment
officers in these places listed above, so reaching out to our debtors have
not being easy. It is upon this note that we seek your assistance to stand as
our representative in your country. Also, as our representative, you will
receive 10% of whatever amount you clear for the company and the balance will
be paid to the company's account officer.

To facilitate this transaction if you deem you would be able to undertake
this task for the company, I would want you to submit to us the following
information which includes:

Name:
Company Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Country:
Telephone Number:
Occupation:
Marital Status:
Date Of Birth:

If interested and applicable for offer, do contact the United Kingdom
regional manager with the following above details.

Name: Dr. Shawn Phillip
E-mail: fairlandindustryltdchina111@gmail.com
Tel: +44 702 402 8533

Thanks for your time and we look forward to hearing from you.

Very Respectfully,
Mrs. Mary Itaoh
(Marketing Agent)

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