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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.
  • actionplanning.emily@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EMILY KNIGHTS <ctlworldwide@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: actionplanning.emily@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 00:46:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ANNUAL JOB OPPORTUNITY........www.actionplanning.co.uk



HEAD OFFICE
Mid-Day Court
30 Brighton Road
Sutton,Surrey
SM2 5BN
Email: actionplanning.emily@gmail.com
company website:www.actionplanning.co.uk



Hello, I'm Emily knights, Human Resource Officer in this
organization, we are in the process of hiring trustworthy individuals
who would like to work online from home and get paid without affecting
their present jobs.
Action planning Inc. in response to the growing international aid
donations received is need of representatives who are willing to work
efficiently as one of our international workers in the Accounts and
Records department.
Action Planning is one of the leading UK consultants to the
not-for-profit sector. We help charities, educational and public sector
organizations to raise capital and revenue funding, recruit key people,
develop their existing activities and plan ahead.
We are a Non-Governmental organization funded majorly by donations we
receive from firms and individuals in the form of payments donated
towards our worthy cause.
Previously we designated one of our employees in the accounts
department to make the trips to pick up these payments, but this really
has become too expensive and most times not cost effective for them to
come down and receive such payment twice in a month, therefore the
organization has decided to increase its international workforce in a
bid to cut eventual cost and improve efficiency.
The organization is willing to pay you 10% for every payment received
by you from our clients who makes payment through you.
New employees are also entitled to an UP FRONT ALLOWANCE PAYMENT which
would be paid to them at the end of the fiscal year.
Just incase you are concerned about how i got to your contact, it was
through the American Chamber of Commerce for trust worthy individuals,i
was directed on how to make an online search.
PS note you don't need any special qualifications 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: ..................


PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY ASAP.

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 MONEY GRAM to any of
"ACTION PLANNING" Group regional offices that will be given to
you
later.
You will notify the organization a week ahead if eventually you want to
discontinue this job so as to terminate all payment coming your way to
avoid conflict...
NB;PLEASE REPLY BACK BY FILLING THE FORM..







Emily knights,
HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER.Action planning International.




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