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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:
  • "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.
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +447031842342 (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.
  • conceptbeauty01@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Peterson Cole" <conceptbeauty07@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: conceptbeauty01@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:11:19 +0000
Subject: job offer 2006

BEAUTY CONCEPT
GROOVE PARK
SE 120ER
LONDON
Hi
Complements of the season to you,
would u like to work online from home and get paid weekly ,beautyconcepts
limited needs a book-keeper in the state,so i want to know if you will like
to work online from home and getting paid weekly without leaving or
affecting ur present job? it's just that I presently run a textile and
fabrics firm for my Missionary Mother based in the UK and we need someone to
work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the states, The
company produces various clothing materials,batiks,assorted fabrics and
traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the states.
My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of United
States Postal Money Orders which are not readily cashable outside the us, so
we need someone in the states to work as our representative and assist us in
processing the payments from our clients and I will pay him weekly salary
ALL U NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES
WHICH WOULD BE SENT VIA COURIER TO YOU THEN YOU GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK
THEN DEDUCT UR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE
VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD UR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES AND
THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS THEN SEND IT TOYOUR VIA MAIL OR
COURIER
All I will need is your full name,address and phone number so we can foward
it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as the company'
representative in the states
I WILL ALSO EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE
TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INDETIFICATION
ATTACHED TO IT. AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO U I WILL LET YOU
KNOW AND I WILL GIVE U THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY,
I pray you have lovely life in 2006.
Sincerely
PETERSON COLE
Tel:+447031842342
conceptbeauty01@hotmail.com

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