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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. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. )
• 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.
• 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.
  • charles_kaliku2000@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "charles kaliku" <charleskaliku2006@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:24:36 +0100
Subject: Consider and reply if you are willing.

Hello,

My name is charles kaliku and I am the Employment Manager of Costa Coffee,
a quality coffee company based in the United Kingdom. the company has been
setup in Lambeth, London since 1971, supplying all local caterers, major
Italian and American coffee shops and around the world, with an exciting
coffee, slow-roasted the Italian way. People couldn’t get enough of it and
by 1978 the first Costa espresso bar opened in Vauxhall Bridge Road in
London. To this day we still use the same method of slow-roasting our coffee
beans, serving the brothers’ authentic blend of 6 Arabica beans to 1 Robusta
in 500 coffee shops all over the world.

The company is always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling
our products to Americans because they are always offering to pay with US
MONEY ORDERS and US CHECKS which is difficult for us to cash here in the UK
since the last person that represents us in the US has just fallen sick and
cannot continue the job.

We are looking for a representative in the United States who will be working
for the company as a Part-Time Representative/Bookkeeper and we\'ll be
willing to pay 10% for every transaction, of course it wouldn’t affect your
present state of work because you may do it as a PART-TIME work, all we need
is just someone who would help us receive payments from our customers in the
states. I mean someone that is responsible and reliable, cause the cost of
coming to the states and getting payments is very expensive so for now we
need a representative in the United State who will be handling the payment
aspect.

These payments are in US Money Orders/Checks and they would come to you in
your name, so all you need do is cash the money orders and checks, deduct
your percentage (10%) and wire the rest back.

It wouldn’t cost you any amount, you are to receive payments which will be
mailed to you by post from my business partners, which would come in form of
Money Orders or Checks then you are to cash it and send the cash to me via
western union money transfer or Money Gram transfer, all western union
charges will be deducted from the money.
If you are interested, please fill up the form below and get back to me as
soon as possible.

FIRST NAME…………………………
LAST NAME………………………………
ADDRESS……………………………………………………………………………..
CITY……………………………………..
STATE…………………………………..
ZIP CODE………………………………..
COUNTRY……………………………...
PHONE NUMBER (S) ………………………………………
GENDER……………………………..
MARITAL STATUS……………………..
AGE…………………………………..
NATIONALITY………………………….

Regards,
Mr charles kaliku
Costa Coffee,
Exporters of Quality Coffee.

If you know you are interested contact this Email
Email Address:(charles_kaliku2000@hotmail.com)

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