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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 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "ASHOK HOOLI" <pharmacyhooli@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: ashok_pharmacy@zwallet.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:24:42 +0000
Subject: Representative Needed

Dear Sir/Madam,
Compliments of the day to you.Let me crave your indulgence by introducing myself to you,
I am Ashok Hooli, present managing director of Ashok Pharmaceuticals,
Chennai-Tamilnadu, India.

We are a company who deal on pharmaceutical products. We export into Canada/America and some parts of Europe. We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers world-wide,as well as making payments through you to us,because most of our customers pay in check and certified bank draft.
Please if you are interested in transacting business with us we will be glad. Please contact us for more information,Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of collecting your percentage as compensation for your services as our representative, but we usually don't give more than 10% of any amount we receive through you.For evidence of trust,if you dont mind i can forward a scanned copy of my Indian International Pass-Port and my San- Francisco, California ID because I am most times based in America for business purpose.

Please if you are interested in doing business with us willingly,forward to me your phone number,your full name,and your full contact details and you will be registered free of charge with our legal department for security purpose and we shall give you contact details of some of our customers abroad so you could reach them to collect payments from them and be compensated with 10% for any amount collected on our behalf.Do contact me soon via: Email:ashok_pharmacy@walla.com

NB:
PLEASE IGNORE THIS MAIL IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE OFFER.
Thanks in advance,
Dr. Ashok Hooli
Managing Director,
Ashok Pharmaceuticals.
Personal Email: ashok_pharmacy@walla.com
Website: http://business.vsnl.com/ashokpharma
Address: 41, Ormes Road,
Kilpauk, Chennai, Tamilnadu 600010
India

 

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