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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:

• 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.
• 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.
  • +447031920663 (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.
  • scott_wider@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Tom Brown" <brown_egede@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tom_brown147@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:23:10 +0000
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

PAINTINGS FOR SALE
Unit 83 Battersea Business Centre
99/109 Lavender Hill
LONDON
SW11 5QL
United Kingdom
http://www.paintings-forsale.com/
 
 I am Mr Tom Brown ,marketing manager of PAINTINGS FOR SALE
IMPORT /EXPORT,in United Kingdom.we are a group of business men
and women who deal on paintings,Art and Craft, and we want to expand our
business into Canada,United State,Japan,Dubai and Far East.

   We are searching for reliable representatives who can Help us
establish a medium of getting to our customers in Your respective country
as well as making payments through you to us.

Please if you are interested in this lucrative business  With
us, we will be very glad.

Please for more information contact the President/CEO
NAME:Scott Wider
EMAIL:scott_wider@yahoo.co.uk
TEL   : +447031920663
http://www.paintings-forsale.com/
  
  Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the
opportunity to negotiate your  mode  of which we will pay you
for your services as our representative  in your country Please
if you are Interested forward to us your phone number/fax and
your full contact address.

Thanks In advance
 
Yours,
Mr Tom Brown.
Marketing Manager
PAINTINGS FOR SALE, UNITED KINGDOM

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam