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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:
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
• 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.
  • +447031894393 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "mazoniaresearch@terra.es" <mazoniaresearch@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:59:46 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED WITHIN......



Hello there,

I saw your resume online and I am willing to offer you a stress -free
part-time Job in which you will be my Payment Representative in the United
States/Canada.It does not require any specific job criteria as long as you
are deemd competent to handle it.I just took time to make this explanatory
enough so you could understand what the job entails,before I go further I
thought I'd inform you of both who you would be working for and what you
would be doing.


You can call me Andrew N. McFadden,43 years of age,3 kids and my happily
married to my beloved wife of 13 years.I am a somewhat a multitalented man
and I do quite alot of travelling and get to meet quite a lot of people who
need my services.

I work with a research/consultancy firm which offers knowledge on
developmental biology, embryology, paleontology and pretty much anything
from zoology to plant life,I am fully residing in Ireland even though I get
to do alot of travelling though I was involved in an accident in Kent London
in 2002 which affected my hearing and caused restrictions to my lower limbs.
Presently, I have just been granted a funding to group head a research
project in the tropical regions of West/Central Africa,Asia and South
America regarding rare and vulnerable plant species and this would be
commencing very soon.


However my fundings are by American counterparts who send me the bunch of
payments mostly in US based legal tenders (Money Orders/Cashier Checks).I
must honestly tell you getting an accountant in the States or opening an
account would have been my best choice but I have a deadline to meet and
taking any of those choices would cost me time and a whole lot of other
requirements which honestly again I am not ready to deal with as I have a
herculean schedule outside the project within Europe.


So presently, assuming you would be able to deal with cash, I would be
willing to employ you on contract and commission basis to be my Payment
Representative in this region as I have representatives in Austrailia and
other fundraising regions, this way I could issue and make these payment out
to you, you could then cash them easily, withdraw 10% of the total amount on
these Payments as your commission and then send the rest back to me or
directly to the research teams for logistics through Western Union wire
transfer.Bear it in mind that we would be dealing with quite a handful of
cash and you could be making up to $5000 just working with me in a short
period of time.


You do not have to worry about tax returns or the patroit act since you
should be keeping all records of how and when you sent the cash back to me
so you do not have to worry about anything.I need to also know if you are
efficient enough and could be relied upon as the job I am offering you
requires diligence and efficiency.

If my offer is accepted by you and subject to your decision to take up the
job,then kinldy get back to me with your Full Name just the way you would
like it to appear on the payment and also your address where you would be
receiving payments safely.Your phone number would also be needed to ease
communication gap.I hope to have a mutual business relationship with you and
will appreciate if you get back to me with your reply to
mcfaddtherapy02@yahoo.com.Hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regards


Dr.Andrew McFadden

Associate Research

Mazonia Research Limited

294,Via De Luna Blvd

se 8 odq,Dublin,

Ireland.

+ 44 703 189 4393






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