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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: "melissa maccdonald" <maccdonald@msn.com>
Reply-To: jack2jackson1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:33:47 +0000
Subject: URGENT NEEDED FOR REPRESENTATIVE

Dear Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?

L & N Fabrics & Textiles Company needs a book-keeper in the state,so i want
to know if you will like to work online from home and get paid weekly
without leaving or affecting your present job?

It's just that i presently run a textile and fabrics firm i inherited from
my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a
representative/book keeper in the States.

My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics
and traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the
states.

My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders
which are not readily cashable outside the United States, So we need someone
in the States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the
payments from our clients and i will pay HIM/HER 10% weekly salary.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TO RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE
STATES, GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR 10% WEEKLY PAYMENT AND
FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in
your bank, deduct your 10% weekly salary and foward the balance to the
company via INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM.
SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES
AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS, THEN SEND IT TO YOU VIA
COURIER SERVICE.

I will need your Full name, Residential Address and Phone Number so we can
foward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you
as the company'representative in the states

I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO
REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INDETIFICATION
ATTACHED TO IT(optional).
AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU, I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I
WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND THE FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA
INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM.
Note; SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST,PLEASE KINDLY REPLY TO THE COMPANY REPLY
EMAIL ADDRESS: jack2jackson1@yahoo.co.uk
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

Warmest Regards,
Macdonald Jackson.
CEO L & N Fabrics & textiles

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