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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:
  • "international money order" (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)
  • "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.
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a 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.
  • jackdavid@zwallet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Jack David" <jackdavid@zwallet.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:44:44 +0100
Subject: PARTIME EMPLOYMENT


Hello,

I am Mr. Jack David, from England and we are looking for a Male or Female
representative, who can be working for us as a partime worker and get
( 5% ) on every work you do. We are happy to inform you that this would not affect your present state of work.

Our main factory is located in UK while we extract the raw materials needed for the manufacturing of fabrics from Africa, Asia and South America. We produce standard articles for promotional, catering, hotel and laundry trades.We also manufacture to our customers specific design requirements. As our main area of business is the promotional market we are constantly working with our clients on new and innovative designs and provide a fast and flexible services. Blank Tea Towels, Cotton Canvas Bags and Cotton Drill Aprons are our most popular products used by screen printers and embroiderers for tourism, schools, special events and promotions.

We are in need of a rep.one who is honest,sincere,trusthworthy,capable and reliable that would help us recieve payments from our customers.The reason why we need this rep. is that the cost of coming down to receive those payments is very much expensive, we can spend up 2,500 dollars on every trip,(feeding,accomodation and flight tickets) so we need a representative who will be handling that aspect.

We are to pay 5% of every payment you recieve on our behalf, and you can still keep your regular job while you work for us. All you have to do is help us recieve payments from our customers.These payments may come in Cashier Cheques, Money Orders, Travellers Cheque, or International Money Orders based on what our client decides to pay with. And they would come to you in your name, because you are the one to get them cashed, so all you need do is cash the payment in your bank or cashing point,or any cashing store, take your 5% from the payment and wire the rest to us via Moneygram,to the given name and information we would be providing you with.

All we need now is your trust, But we have our way of getting anyone that gets away with our money via so many ways. If you are interested I will send you an employment letter which you are to sign and send back to me as soon as possible.It would not cost you any amount,you are to receive payments which will be sent to you via post from our business partners,or those mailed to us in our Location will be sent out to you.

These are the Informations required from you if you are interested in this
part time job;
FULL NAME
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS
CITY,STATE & ZIPCODE.
PHONE NUMBER #
MOBILE #
PERMANENT EMAIL ADDRESS

For more info.or filling for employment, please contact us by this email: jackdavid@zwallet.com or click reply.

Yours Sincerelly
Jack David.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam