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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • interfaceconsultant@rediffmail.com
  • mail_interface@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Carl Thomas" <carlthomas_001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mail_interface03@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:08:42 +0000
Subject: WORK REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Carl Thomas currently working as a consultant here in the United
Kingdom. I found this medium an opportunity to contact you and talk to you
to know if you can work with our company. I work as a consultant for a
fabric company in United Kingdom called Interface Fabrics Limited).I will
like to know if you can work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid
weekly.

***YOUR TASK IS TO CO-ORDINATE PAYMENTS FROM CUSTOMERS AND HELP US WITH THE
PAYMENT PROCESSING***

We will be glad to offer you a job position in our company, Interface
Fabrics Limited) needs someone to work for the company as a Representative
in all part of the world. This is in view of our not having an office
presently in Countries. You dont need to have an Office and this certainly
wont disturb any form of work you have going on at the moment.

BENEFIT IS AS FOLLOWS:-
* The average monthly income is about $2000....
* No form of investments from you....
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day....
* You do not pay any form of taxes....

REQUIREMENTS:
* Full Name..................
* Residential/Contact Address...............
* City...................
* Zipcode.............
* State...............
* Contact Phone number(s).................
* Email.................
* Age...................
* Occupation............
* Bank Name(Only).............

If you are interested in being our representative out there please get back
to me with the informations asked below to start receiving payments from our
customers and start cashing right away.

Example: Get a Cashier's/traveller's Check, Money Order or a Treasury Bill
of $1000 and get 10% off the $1000 which is $100 as your salary immediately.

Reply me as soon as possible if you are interested for more details to this
email below and I will be glad to get back to you within 24hrs.

Web site: - http://www.interfacefabricsgroup.com/home.html
Email: - interfaceconsultant@rediffmail.com
mail_interface@sify.com

Interface Fabrics (Sales and Customer Service)
Hampton Mills,
Mirfield,
West Yorkshire,
WF14 8HE
United Kingdom

***Best Regards***
***Carl Thomas***

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