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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +447031959879 (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.
  • industryexperts@rock.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CON OIL LTD CEO" <con_oil_ltd@msn.com>
Reply-To: kenneth_industryexperts@rock.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:38:59 +0000
Subject: CON OIL LTD (INTERNATIONAL 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(CEO) 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.

We are interested in employing your services,to work with us as our payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for crude oil supplied to our customers and there by be fully appointed as our branch sales Manager in your region.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 our representative in you country. Please if you are willing to assist, we will want you to furnish us with your particulars, so as to enable us 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 more so 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 email with the below informations filled out.

NAME............................................. MAILING ADDRESS.................................. AGE:............................................. STATUS:.......................................... STATE/COUNTRY.................................... TEL/FAX NUMBERS..................................

We look forward in hearing from you via our private email below.

CEO Mr Kenneth Tyler

Con Oil and Gas Ltd

HACKNEY E5 0hx LONDON

phone +447031959879

Fax +448701334175

Email:kenneth_industryexperts@rock.com

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