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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)
• 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.
  • +447024060873 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712516367 (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.
  • gary_moore_12@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GARY MOORE" <kompass_internationa50@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:30:53 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE IS BEEN NEEDED URGENTly

KOMPASS INTERNATIONAL
iver Bend Technology Centre, Northbank, Irlam
Manchester, Lancashire M44 5BD
United Kingdom
Phone: +44-702-406-0873
Fax: +44-871-251-6367
Email:gary_moore_12@yahoo.co.uk



REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED URGENT

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Gary Moore of Kompass International, we are a
group of business men who deal on raw materials and import/export
into America/Europe.
We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our costumers in
America/Europe as well as making payments through you to
us. If you are interested in transacting business with us
we will be very glad.

You would be paid 10% of every payment made through you us.
Subject to your satisfactory we shall be introducing you to our
costumers in Europe/America.
Please if you are interested kindly do get back to us and we
shall furnish you with further fruitful information’s.

Do get back to us via the below email address gary_moore@fadmail.com
any response to this email address would not be answered do get
back to us via our email address gary_moore_12@yahoo.co.uk

Yours Truly

Gary Moore
Accounts

Kompass International

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