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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
• 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.
• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "John David" <john_david0_arts@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: john_davidarts@rediffmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:56:25 -0700
Subject: EMPLOYMENT OFFER........................

Hello
My name is John David,I am an artist. I live in United Kingdom,with my
two kids,four cats, one dog and the love of my life. It is definitely a full
house. I have been doing artwork since I was a small child. That gives me
about 25 years of experience. I majored in art in high school and took a few
college art courses.Most of my work is done in either pencil or airbrush
mixed with color pencils. I have recently added designing and creating
artwork on the computer.I have been selling my art for the last 3 years and
have had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines.I have
sold ingalleries and to private collectors from all around the world.I am
always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my art works to
Americans,they are always offering to pay with a US POSTAL MONEY ORDER,which
is difficult for me to cash here in United Kingdom.I am looking for a
representative in the states who will be working for me as a partime worker
and i will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction,which wouldnt affect
your present state of work,someone who would help me recieve payments from
my customers in the states.I mean someone that is responsible and
reliable,cause the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very
expensive,i am working on setting up a branch in the states,so for now i
need a representative in the united states who will be handling the payment
aspect.
These payments are in money order and they would come to you in your
name, so all you need to do is cashed the money order deduct your
percentage(10%) and wire the rest back to me. But the problem I have is
trust,But I have my way of getting anyone that gets away with our money,I
mean the FBI branch in Washington gets involved. It wouldnt cost you any
amount,you are to receive payments which will be sent to you by fedex or
usps from my business patners, which would come in form of a money order
then you are to cash it and send the cash to me via western union
money transfer or moneygram money transfer after your percentage has been
deducted from the money,all transfer fees should be deducted from the money.
If you are interested,please get back to me as soon as possible with
these information listed below:

FULL NAME :
FULL ADDRESS :
PHONE NUMBER (S) :
GENDER :
AGE :



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