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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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • paulnkoma2005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paul nkoma <paulnkoma2005@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: miclo@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 19:21:30 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: urgent


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: paulnkoma2005@yahoo.com

Dear Sir/Madam,


Would you like to work online from home and get paid

weekly ?


CENTURY FABRICS INC, needs a book-keeper in the

states,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?


We are into Leathers and fabrics production here in

the United Kingdom

and

we need someone to work for the company as a

representative/book keeper

in

the states.


Our company produces various kind of Leathers,Furs all

sorts of animal

seasonal

leathers,both soft and hard leathers,used in Winter

and the sahara,

clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and

traditional costume

which

we have clients we supply weekly in the states.


Our clients make payments for our supplies every week

in form of Money

Orders

which are not readily cashable outside the United

States, So we need

someone in the States to work as our representative

and assist us in

processing the payments from our clients and we will

pay him weekly

salary.


ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR

CLIENTS IN THE

UNITED

STATES GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR

WEEKLY PAY AND

FOWARD THE

BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA 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

money

transfer


SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD 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

foward it to our clients and they will start making

payments to you as

the

company'

representative in the states


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 WE

WILL LET YOU KNOW AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION

TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA MONEY TRANSFER.


I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.


Warmest Regards,

paul nkoma .

CEO CENTURY FABRICS INC.




- paul nkoma

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