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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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• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Raymond Parker" <parkerstextiles03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: parkers_textiles@myway.com
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:31:48 +0000
Subject: [EMPLOYMENT OFFER] REPLY URGENTLY.

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
Would u like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?
 
Parkers  Fabrics & Textiles Limited needs a book-keeper in the state,so i want to know if u will like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting ur present job?
 
It's just that i presently run a textile and fabrics firm i inherited from
my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a
representative/book keeper in the states.
 
My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and
traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the states.
 
My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders
which are not readily cashable outside the United States,  So we need someone in the
States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the
payments from our clients and i will pay him weekly salary.
 
ALL U NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES
GET IT CASHED IN UR BANK THEN DEDUCT UR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
 
Our payments will be issued out in ur name and u get them cashed in ur bank
deduct ur weekly salary and foward the balance to the company via western
union money transfer
 
SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD UR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS, THEN SEND IT TO U VIA MAIL OR COURIER.
 
I will need ur Full name, Residential Address and Phone Number so we can foward it to
our clients and they will start making payments to u as the company'
representative in the states
 
I WILL EMAIL U A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH U HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF UR INDETIFICATION ATTACHED
TO IT.
 
AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO U I WILL LET U KNOW AND I WILL GIVE U THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.YOU CAN REACH ME VIA MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:parkers_textiles@myway.com
 
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
 
Warmest Regards,

Raymond Parker
+44-7031-917-966
Parkers  Fabrics & Textiles

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