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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.
• 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.
• 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.
  • lindawilliams.fabrictex@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Linda Williams <lindawilliams.fabrictex@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 10:00:50 -0400
Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER..(ONLY TRUST WORTHY APPLICANTS REQUIRED)



Dear Brother/Sister,

My name is LINDA WILLIAMS a texan working in Malta, I want to know if You would like to work online from home and get paid without affecting your present job?

Actually i need a representative who can be working for our company as online book-keeper.We make lots of supplies to some of our clients in the states,England and other Europeans country, for which i do travel around to recieve payment and have it cashed after i supply them raw materials.
Its always too expensive and stressful for me to come to England and recieve such payment twice in a month so i therefore decided to contact you. I am willing to pay you 10% for every payment recieved by you from our clients who makes payment through you.
Pls note you dont have to be a book keeper to apply for the job.. Kindly get back to me as soon as possible if you are interested in this job offer with your:FIRST NAME...........LAST NAME..........ADDRESS...........CITY............STATE..........ZIP CODE......COUNTRY.......PHONE NUMBER (S)..GENDER......AGE.........MARITAL STATUS....ATTESTATION:According to how you have been briefed earlier by a qualified representative of this establishment. You are required and mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm.

You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order and forward the balance payment via Western Union Money Transfer and to any of "LINDA FABRICS AND TEXTILES" Group regional warehouses that will be given to you later.
You will notify the company a week ahead if eventually you want to discontinue this job so as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict.
PLS SEND REPLY ASAP to: lindawilliams.fabrictex@hotmail.com LINDA FABRICS AND TEXTILES..
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