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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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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)
  • "cheque " (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.
  • +447031944374 (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.
  • mm_textiles_co@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • richard_martins1975@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?RICHARD=20MARTINS?= <mm_textiles_co@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: richard_martins1975@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 21:21:21 +0800 (CST)
Subject: WORK AT HOME AND GET PAID WEEKLY


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MM TEXTILES AND FARICS COMPANY,

http:www.mmtextiles.com

13 Waveney Road,Lowestoft,Suffolk,

NR32 1BT,England

Phone Number +447031944374


Dear Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?

MM TEXTILES AND FABRICS COMPANY needs a book-keeper,so i

want to know if you will like to work online from home and get paid

weekly without leaving or affecting your present job?

It's just that i presently run a textile and fabrics firm i inherited

from my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company

as a representative/book keeper.

My 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 Money

Orders or Casher's Cheque which are not readily cashable outside the

United States,UK and Europe.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 YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE

STATES GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND

FORWARD

THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in

your bank deduct your weekly salary and foward the balance to the

company via western union money transfer

SO ALL I NEED IS TO FORWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE

STATES AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS,THEN SEND IT TO

YOU

VIA MAIL OR COURIER.

I will need your Full name, Residential Address and Phone Number so we

can forward it to our clients and they will start making payments to u

as the company'representative .

in order to avoid making things linger by putting queries after

queries,

although we don`t know each other by business,friendly or relation,

but just on trust and good faith,but if we can maintain our sincernity

in all our efforts both the side to come out with successful result

peacefully

I WILL 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 YOU I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND

I WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.


I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE GET BACK TO ME AT

(richard_martins1975@yahoo.co.uk).

Warmest Regards,

Richard Martins,

CEO MM Fabrics & textiles



- RICHARD MARTINS

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