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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)
  • "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)
  • "cheques " (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)
  • "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)
• 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.
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a 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.
  • +447040106601 (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.
  • jamesfreeman_99@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "james freeman" <jamesfreeman_99@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:24:22 +0000
Subject: Job Offer

How are you,My name is James Freeman and me and my Wife own a company
that
sells Chinese and African textile and fabric material in Hong kong,I am
looking for a trustworthy representative in USA /Canada that can help
as a
link between me and my client over there.i would like to know if you
are
interested to work from home for us
ACTEXO TEXTILE LIMITED needs a book-keeper or representative in the
states,so I want to know if you will like to work on line from home and
getting
paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job?
I presently run a textile and fabrics firm in Hong Kong and we need
someone
to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in Canada/USA.

My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted
fabrics and
traditional costumes.We have clients we supply weekly in the states and
my clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of money
orders
or cashiers check which are not readily cashable outside the US or
Canada,so
we need someone in the States/Canada to work as our representative and
assist us in processing the payments from our clients and I will pay
him/her
a weekly wage, by percentage.

All you need to do is receive this payment from our clients in the
States or
Canada and get it cashed in your bank or a cashing center then deduct
your
10% and forward the balance to the company down here via money gram or
western union money transfer.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in
your
bank, deduct your 10% of the initial capital and forward the balance to
the
company by money transfer.

So all I need is to forward your information to our numerous clients in
the
states or Canada and they will contact you before they issue payment in
form
of money order or cheques then send it via courier or mail to you.

If accepted I will need your full name, address and phone number so we
can
forward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as
the
company representative in the states.

BELOW IS AN ATTACHED LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR
COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED
COPY
OF YOUR VALID IDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT.

ACTEXO TEXTILE
AND
FABRICS LIMITED
EMPLOYMENT FORM

FIRST NAME………………………… SURNAME………………………………

ADDRESS……………………………………………………………………………..

CITY…………………………………….. STATE…………………………………..

ZIP CODE……………………………….. COUNTRY……………………………...

PHONE NUMBER (S) ………………………………………

………………………………………

GENDER…………………………….. MARITAL STATUS……………………..

AGE………………………………….. NATIONALITY………………………….

ID NUMBER………………………….

ATTESTATION

AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU, I WILL LETYOU KNOW AND
I
WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA
MONEYGRAM OR
WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER.
NB:Please reply me via my addy jamesfreeman_99@yahoo.com
Thanks and I await your sooner response.
james Freeman
ACTEXO TEXTILE
AND FABRICS LIMITED
www.actexotextile.com
+447040106601
Kindly attach a scanned copy of your valid Identification to your
completed
employment form if possible.

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