419 scam: "Susan Harrison" <John-Art-Gallery@John-Art-Gallery.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:

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "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. )
- "money order " (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.
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.
- +447045768141 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Susan Harrison" <John-Art-Gallery@John-Art-Gallery.com>
Reply-To: susu197772@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:35:18 -0500
Subject: JOB OFFER...............................!!!!!!

OFFICE
21 Landover road plum stead
SE18 3ST London
Reply e-mail for further correspondence

Hello ,

Thanks for your interests in the PA position, I will deeply appreciate all
genuine efforts to help me monitor and keep up to date with all my
activities.I have had a previous PA who has been very commendable in her
activities and who has been part of my life for the past 6 months, she has
since returned to her country. I sincerely hope I will be able to find someone
again who will be as efficient as she has been.

my name is Susan Harrison, I am an artist , and the owner of
Susan Art World .I live and work in London with my two kids, 2 cats, one dog
and the love of my life my husband James Harrison. It is definitely a full house.

I have been into artwork since childhood. That gives me years of experience. I
majored in Art in high school and took a few colleges Art courses. Most of my
work is done in either pencil or airbrush mixed with color pencils. I have
recently added designing, ancient antiquities and creative artworks on the
computer. I have been selling my art for the last 3 years and I have had my
work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines. I have sold some of
my art works to some private companies in United States of America.

But I do face some difficulties when it comes to Payment, because all my
customers in
America always offer to pay me with U.S POSTAL MONEY ORDERS, and I find it
very difficult to cash the U.S POSTAL MONEY ORDERS in London, This is because
the British Government does not permit the usage of U.S POSTAL MONEY ORDERS in
Britain.

Right now, I'm searching for a representative in United States that will be
able to cash the MONEY ORDERS in America and wire the available funds to me in
Britain.
Who to trust are my problems. I÷Øe series of arrangements with the FBI in
Washington, in attempt for anyone to make away with my funds; definitely the
laws will catch-up with him, and he will definitely face the consequences.

note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent
travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time, work from home basis and the
flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others, so it's a
little difficult judging the exact number of hours you'll be doing per week.If
you can manage your time properly, this job may even give you some extra while
you do something else on the side.

As I have said, I'd want us to get a head start with things as soon as
possible. I do have a pile up of work and a number of unattended chores which
you can immediately assist me with, I hope we can meet up with the workload
eventually.

Permit me to use the coming week to test your efficiency and diligence towards
all this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine. I really
need to find the perfect person for this job, I'm confident you can take up
the challenge and on the long run we should have a relatively sound working
relationship between us.

I'd want us to meet up on Yahoo chat as soon as possible so we can discuss
this extensively, more so it's easier for me to convey information once It
may be a little difficult working out the time difference between us
initially, with time however, we should get used to it.I'm online most of the
time when I'm not out or in a meeting so we should be able to have a chat
sooner than you think. Do try to keep a date.
You are entitled to 15% commission for any transaction (that is for any money
order cashed).This transaction is risk free and legal from the American
Government.

Please get back to me with all Information listed below

First Name....................
Middle Name...................
Last Name.....................
Street Address................
City, State, Zip Code.........
Cell Phone Number.............
Home Phone Number.............
Age...........................
occupation....................
sex...........................

Once again this transaction is 100% risk free and legal from the United States
Government and the British Government, so feel free about this transaction and
get back to me with the required information's to enable us proceed. Thanks
for going through this proposal.

My warmest Regards and thanks for your anticipated assistant,

Susan Harrison-Justain.
Director of SUS ART WORLD INC,
London, United Kingdom .

OFFICE PHONE............ +447045768141
Susan Harrison

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