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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: Mark Tony <marktony09@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:16:10 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: JOB OFFERS..


Current physical and tuberculosis clearance U.S. citizen, lawful permanent alien status or alien authorized to work for a specified time by the U.S. Department of Justice. Games. Dear Sir/Madam

INTERCONTINENTAL 2007 OFFER STARTING FROM 1 JULY 2007,Kindly provide information ready on or before 31 JULY 2007.Read below for the Summary.Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid weekly?we are glad to offer you for a job position at our company,INTERCONTINENTAL TEXTILES INTERNATIONAL We need someone to work for the company as a
Representative/Book keeper in the U.S.A This is in view of our not having an office presently in the U.S.A You dont need to have an Office and this certainly wont disturb any form of work you have going at the moment.Our integrated yarn and fabric manufacturing operations use state-of-the-art textile equipment from the world's leading suppliers.Order
processing,production monitoring and process flow are seamlessly integrated through a company-wide computer network.
* No form of investments from you.
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day

Job Description:
We have sales representatives all over the world to distribute our products. You know, that it's not easy to start a business in a new market(being the U.S.A). There are hundreds of competitors, close direct contacts between suppliers and customers and other difficulties, which impede
our sales promotion.We have decided to deliver the products upfront, it's very risky but it should push up sales on 25 percent. Thus we need to get payments for our products as soon as it possible.Unfortunately we are unable to open Bank Accounts in the United States without first registering the company name. Presently with the amount of Orders we
have,we cannot put them on hold. For fear of loosing the customers out rightly.Secondly we cannot cash these payments from the U.S.A soon enough, as international Checks take about 14 working days for cash to be made
available.We lose about 75,000 U.S.A of net income each month because we have moneytransfer delays* Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process.You are not involved in any sales. Our Sales Representative makes direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the
product to a customer (usually through FEDEX or UPS ). The customer receives and checks the products. After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks and Money orders based on the amount
involved.YOUR TASK We have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.Your tasks are;

1. Receive payment from Customers

2. Cash Payment at your Bank (Your Bank Account) or AT THE CASHING STORE(POINT)

3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.

4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to.(Payment is to be forwaded by Western Union moneyTransfer).Local Money transfers take barely
hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately.First month you will have 3-5 transactions on $3000.00 - $4000.00 U.S.A so you may calculate your income deducting 10% on each transaction.. After establishing a close co-operation with us you'll be able to operate with larger orders and you'll be able to earn more.Our
payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your bank or other Cashing Services.Deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the company via western union money transfer.We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, you'll get good income and regular job.But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirementsand will be an earnest assistant. We are glad to offer this job position to you.If you feel that you are a serious and earnest worker and you want to work for INTERCONTINENTAL TEXTILES INTERNATIONAL.Kindly get back to
me with the information below.

FULL NAME.........
ADDRESS..............
ZIP CODE..............
DIRECT CONTACT PHONE...
SEX........................
AGE.......................

Minimum Qualifications
1. Ability to communicate effectively
2. Detail oriented, organized
3. Customer service
4. Ability to work flexible hours (days, nights, weekends, holidays)
5. Neat, clean and professional appearance
6. Desire to be of service to people

Language/Math/Reasoning Requirements
7. Basic math skills

Yours Sincerely.




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