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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:

• 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.
  • email.consultant_lindsey@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "mitchel lemman" <nklworldwide_212@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: vanbassgoldenstrike@rediffmail.com
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:48:05 +0000
Subject: QUEST FOR REAL AGENT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The UK Regional Office,                 
    166B The Broadway,
    Wimbledon, London SW19 1RX                       
                   
   JOB  OFFER  ON  COMMISSION
    
    Dear prospective agents,
                                        
I am Mr.lindsey chucks, personnel manager of Japan Arts &Crafts Biglobe inc,.we are a group of business men who deal on Arts and Crafts and export into the Canada/America and Europe.
              We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in the Canada/America and Europeans as well as making payments through them to us.
               Please if you are interested in transacting business with us we will be very glad, Please contact us for more information.Let me crave your indulgence to introduce our organisation.,Biglobe Inc.  started several years ago.It is into the  production and sale of Art/Art works and Craft,.visit our website : http://www.biglobe.ne.jp.
              Your role in this project, is serving as our agent to get to our customers who b uy our product  and helping in collecting their outstanding money which they owe to our company ,you will be given a  commission of 10% for any payment made to you and you  will be given instruction on how to remitt the balance funds to us Subject to your  satisfaction you will be
given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of contract and the percentage we will pay for your services as our representative in Canada/America and Europe.
            Please if you are interested forward to us  your phone number/fax and your full  contact addresses.Please get back to me as soon as possible so  we could move to the nest stage .     email.consultant_lindsey@yahoo.com
    
    Thanks in advance.
    Mr. lindsey chucks,
    ( personnel manager)
    The UK Regional Office,
    166B The Broadway,
    Wimbledon, London SW19 1RX
    Japan Arts&crafts Biglobe inc.
    http://www.biglobe.nejp

 

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