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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.
• 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.
  • exxonmobil_exxonmobil@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Exxonmobil Company" <infoexxonmobilcompanies@msn.com>
Reply-To: exxonmobil_exxonmobil@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:55:54 +0000
Subject: This Is Your News Letter From ExxonMobil Company, Reply Us Now.

EXXON MOBIL Co. HUMAN RESOURCE/ESTABLISHMENT Luxembourg Office 1b, Rue Thomas Edison 1019 Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembour E-mail: exxonmobil_exxonmobil@yahoo.com Web Site: www.exxonmobil.com             Dear Client,       I am Dolph Greene assistant manager of ExxonMobil Company from Ontario, Canada based in Uk.We are a company that specializes in Chemicals,Oilcutting and exporting Diamonds,Emeralds,Tanzanites & Aqua Marines of all shapes and sizes into canada,America, Europe and Asia.       Probably we know that you may be supprise on how we got your email address,We want you has a representatives of this Company in your country. and we know that you are capable to do this job with us, even if you have your own job already,you can still be our Company representative and all you need to be doing is that you will be responding to customers from various part of the world such as Canada,America, Europe and Asia.As well as making payments through you as our payment officer.and your reward is 10% Please contact us for more information.I am hereby assuring you that you will have no cause to regret your involvement in this venture, as nobody is going to ask you for any money.    All your expenses incurred during the course of this jobwill be paid to you. I wish to let you know that the key factor in this patnership is trust. Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in your country, please forward the information below to us at :    (1)Your full names, (2)Contact address and, (3)Phone/fax numbers.   Thanks you for your time.   Your's Faithfully, Dolph Greene.

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