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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Irisho Castillo" <irisho_castillo2005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ir_castillo2005@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 20:37:59 +0000
Subject: IMPERATIVE

ACTEXO TEXTILES LIMITED
RM 604 EAST OCEAN CENTRE
26 GRANVILLE ROAD
TSIM SHA TSUI EAST,KLN
HONK KONG.

LONDON OFFICE
2 CORNBURY HOUSE
EVELYN STREET
SE8 5QP LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL: +44-704-010-6309
WEBSITE: www.actexotextile.com

Attn,
How are you,My name is Irisho Castillo and I own a company that sells
Chinese and African textile and fabric material in Hong kong,I am looking
for a trustworthy representative in USA /Canada that can help as a link
between me and my client over there.I would like to know if you are
interested to work from home for us.

ACTEXO TEXTILE LIMITED needs a book-keeper or representative in the
states,so I want to know if you will like to work on line from home and
getting paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job?
we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in
Canada/USA.

My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and
traditional costumes.We have clients we supply weekly in the states and my
clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of money orders or
cashiers check which are not readily cashable outside the US or Canada,so we
need someone in the States/Canada to work as our representative and assist
us in processing the payments from our clients and I will pay him/her a
weekly wage, by percentage.

All you need to do is receive this payment from our clients in the States or
Canada and get it cashed in your bank or a cashing center then deduct your
10% and forward the balance to the company down here via money gram or
western union money transfer.
Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your
bank, deduct your 10% of the initial capital and forward the balance to the
company by money transfer.

So all I need is to forward your information to our numerous clients in the
states or Canada and they will contact you before they issue payment in form
of money order or cheques then send it via courier or mail to you.
If accepted I will need your full name, address and phone number so we can
forward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as the
company representative in the states.

I WILL FORWARD AN ATTACHED LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR
COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY
OF YOUR VALID IDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT.
AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU, I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I
WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA MONEYGRAM OR
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

Thanks and I await your sooner response.

Irisho Castillo



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