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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031931232 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • harmony_products@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "PAYMENT DEPARTMENT" <paymentsdept@chemandherb.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:59:52 +0000
Subject: JOB OFFER / BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE

CHEM AND HERBS INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL [HARMONY
PRODUCTS]

WE ARE INTO THE EXPORTATION OF RAW MATERIALS[CHEMICALS
AND HERBS ]TO WESTERN COUNTRIES TO BE USED FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS(INK AND COATING ADDITIVES LIKE...DEFOAMERS,DISPERSING AGENTS,THICKENERS..ETC)
OUR COMPANY IS STRICTLY INTO EXPORTATION WITH A SUBSIDIARY
IN SINGAPORE PRESENTLY, WE ARE SOLICITING THE HELP OF TRUST
WORTHY INDIVIDUALS OR COPORATE BODIES WHO WOULD ACT AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN
AMERICA AND ITS ENVIRONS(EUROPEAN COUNTRIES).
THE REASON BEING THAT, SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE MAINLY
FROM THAT PART OF THE WORLD ,AND THEY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE PAYMENT
TO US BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE APART AND MAINLY FOR THE FACT THAT OUR
BANK HERE IN INDIA WAS AFFECTED BY THE LAST NATURAL
DISASTER..TSUNAMI.(THE BUILDING WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND LOTS OF DATA WERE LOST TO THE
WRECKAGE), THAT TOOK PLACE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.
SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO BE OUR ESTEEMED REPRESENTATIVE,
BY HELPING US(CHEM-N-HERBS) RECEIVE THESE PAYMENTS ON OUR BEHALF[ THE
PAYMENTS ARE USUALLY IN CERTIFIED BANK CHECKS, MONEY ORDER, AND
ELECTRONIC TRANSFER(ONLINE BANKING),ALL YOU NEED DO IS RECIEVE THESE
PAYMENTS, GET IT CLEARED, AND SEND THE FUNDS TO US.DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU
ARE FAR FROM US AS REGARDS DISTANCE, WE CANNOT BE PAYING YOU LIKE OUR
PERMANENT STAFF, INSTEAD YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
NEGOTIATE YOUR MODE BY WHICH YOU YOU WILL BE PAYED ,( ORWILL BE
PLACED ON A FIVE PERCENT(5%)COMMISSION(NEGOTIATABLE) ON ANY
AMOUNT YOU RECIEVE ON OUR BEHALF).
PLEASE YOUR RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED ,AS WE HAVE CUSTOMERS
WHO WANTING TO MAKE PAYMENT CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TO PUT A HOLD ON THEM,
BECAUSE WE HAVE'NT GOTTEN A RELIABLE REPRESENTATIVE YET.
N.B ALL CORRESSPONDENCE[REPLY] SHOULD BE SENT TO..
harmony_products@myway.com

SINCERELY,
RAJESH ANAND,
EUROPE HEAD REPRESENTATIVE
Tel:+44 703 193 1232
[ LOGISTICS AND MARKETING OFFICER]
CHEM AND HERBS INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL
[HARMONY PRODUCTS]
MUMBAI,
MAHARASTHRA, INDIA.,
N.B PLS NOTE THAT ONLY SERIOUS MINDS NEED REPLY BACK.
[http://www.chem-n-herb.com/profile.html]

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