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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (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 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.
  • avalonplc_customers@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "AVALON GROUP" <avalongroup@companyset.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:38:01 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED


Avalon Oil & Gas Plc
Units 6 & 7
Wessex Park
Bancombe Road
Somerton
Somerset
TA11 6SB
UK.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Avalon Oil & Gas Plc introduces the positions of representatives, responsible for
the collection of payments from customers and other financial means. This is a perfect opportunity for you to earn more!
We market crude oil, natural gas, lubricants and other products into Canada/America, Europe and some parts of Asia.
We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting our funds from our customers in Canada/America/Europe as well as making payments through these representatives to us.
Please if you are willing to assist, i will want you to furnish me with your particulars, so as to enable me give you further details. Please, you have to be an honest and trusted person, as more payments wil be made through you in the course of this transaction. And moreso 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 avalonplc_customers@excite.com the below informations filled out.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, forward the following personal information of yours to us

CONTACT ADDRESS:
FULL NAME:
PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
AGE AND OCCUPATION:
SEX:

We anticipate your earliest response in this regard.
Your email has been forwarded by www.monster.co.uk at our request, because you or someone else have subscribed for the delivery of a part time job offers in
the internet.

NOTE: This does not require any of your financial obligations.
C.E.O
Thanks in Advance,
Avalon Groups

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