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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:
  • "top of the day to you" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
• 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.
  • conoil3@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "KENNETH TYLER" <conoil_ltd3@msn.com>
Reply-To: conoil_3@excite.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:10:50 +0000
Subject: CONOIL{ REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED}

Dear friend
Top of the day to you.
Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you
I am Mr kenneth tyler president/founder of Con Oil Ltd.
we are OPEC members who deal on crude oil and raw materials
and export into the Canada/America and Europe our head office is
located in London as stated below.

I am interested in employing your services,to work with me as
our payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving
payment on our behalf for crude oil supplied to our customers in
Europe,America or Australia.If you are interested in transacting
business with us.I will be very glad.Subject to your satisfaction you
will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of payment which
we will pay for your services as my representative in you country.

Please if you are willing to assist, i will want you
to furnish me with your particulars, so as to enable
me give you further details.Please, you have to
be an honest and trusted person, as more payments will
be made through you in the course of this transaction.
And moreso you will be entitled to 10% of every payment
that you are able to recieve for us from our customers.
Please contact us for more information via our private
email(conoil3@yahoo.co.uk

) with the below informations filled out.
NAME.............................................
MAILING ADDRESS..................................
AGE:.............................................
STATUS:..........................................
STATE/COUNTRY....................................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS..................................
We look forward in working with you.
CEO
Mr Kenneth Tyler
Con Oil and Gas Ltd
HACKNEY
E5 0hx
LONDON.

 

       

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