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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "money orders " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • mikemaxwell007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter dash" <peter@leaderwayinc.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 02:29:58 +0000
Subject: EMPLOYMENT FOR THE DEAF

Dear Sir/Madam,
Would u like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?
 
H & L LIMITED needs a book-keeper in the state,so I want to know if you will like to work online from home and getting paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job?
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 or checks which are not readily cashable outside the us 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 weekly salary.
 
ALL U NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES GET IT CASHED IN UR BANK THEN DEDUCT UR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank deduct ur weekly salary and foward the balance to the company via western union money transfer
 
SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS OR CHECKS THEN SEND IT TO YOU VIA MAIL OR COURIER
 
I will need your full name,address and phone number so we can foward it to our clients and they will start making payments to u 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
 
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 WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
 
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. PLS SEND YOUR REPLY TO mikemaxwell007@yahoo.com
 
Warmest Regards,
Miss Bose Birch,
CEO l &N Fabrics & textiles

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam