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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:
  • "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)
  • "cheques " (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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 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.
  • skinner.clark1@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Skinner=20Clark?= <skinner.clark1@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: skinner_clark@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 05:53:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Job offer.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: skinner.clark1@yahoo.com.au



Rue des Petits Carmes,

15 - 1000 Brussels,

Belgium.





TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

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

are glad to offer you for a job position at our company Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries. We need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the US, Canada and Europe.



On 3rd November 2001, the Chamber of Representatives passed a Law on the foundation of the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (Belgische Investeringsmaatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden – BIO) (Belgian Law Gazette of 17 November 2001). This law authorizes the Belgian State and the Belgische Maatschappij voor Internationale Investering N.V. (BMI-SBI: Belgian Corporation for International Investment) to set up BIO together. The foundation itself was created by notarial act on 8 December 2001.

BIO is a public limited company whose objective is to invest in the growth of companies established in developing countries. The activities undertaken by the company must lead to sustainable productive employment, while respecting fundamental social rights. The company may acquire holdings in development and investment funds aimed at developing countries. It may, according to market conditions, acquire equity holdings in enterprises and grant loans.


We are searching for a payment officer who can help us establish a medium of getting to our partner firms and investors in Europe and America as well as making payments through you as our payment officer.

About 90 percent of our partner firms prefer to make pay through Certified Cheques and Money orders or

through Bank wire Transfer, though you have the right to choose the mode of paymnent that you want our

partners to use in makeing payment to you.

we cannot cash these payments from the US and Europe soon enough as international Cheques takes about 14 working days for cash to be made available.

We lose about 75,000 USD and 80,000 euros of net income each month because

we have money transfer delays.



We have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.

Your tasks are;

1. Receive payment from Customers

2. Cash Payments at your Bank

3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on

Payment processed

4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices

you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to forward either by

Money Gram, western Union Money Transfer or into an account.

We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job takes

only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job;

you'll get good income and regular job.

But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are

looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be an

earnest assistant.


We are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are a

serious and earnest worker and if you want to work company Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, you can write us abck by sending the following informations to us ,

Your Full Names, Contact Information, Phone and Fax Number(s), a scanned copy of your identification.

Then a letter of employment would be sent to you and you would

fill it out and send back via email and you will receive necessary

information in 1-48 hours


Await your response.

Yours truly,

Mr. Skinner Clark

Publicity Secretary.

www. www.b-i-o.be





- Skinner Clark

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