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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)
• 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 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.
  • clarkgerald101@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • c.gerald@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: clark gerald <clarkgerald101@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: clarkgerald@fastmail.fm
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 12:01:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re:Part Time Job Offer


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: clarkgerald101@yahoo.com

Hello,


How are you doing today? Would you like to work online from home and


get paidweekly? J & JTEXTILE & FABRICS needs a book-keeper in the

United


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? T! he


company presently run an arts galleria in the UK and we need someone to


work for the company as a representative/bookkeeper in united the


states.


The company deals in the sale of TEXTILE & FABRICS ART

works,sculptures


and carvings, antique artifacts and produces various fabrics materials,


batiks


assorted fabrics and various traditional costumes from all over the


world and we have clients we supply weekly in the United 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 United States to work as our representative and


assist us in processing the payments from our clients and he/she would

be


paid a weekly


salary.


ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS ON

BEHALF


OF OUR COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES, GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN


DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOW! N

HERE


VIA WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAMMONEY 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


gram money transfer. Basically what the Company issearching for is a


Representative/Book-keeper in the States who would help to establish a


medium of getting our funds from our customers there. If you are


interested in working with us we would be very glad as inability toget

our


Payment in cash has posed a big problem and has affected account


reconciliation and turn over grossly.These are legitimate transactions

between


our customers and our company Representative and there is no legal risk


as these are payments for goods already bought and delievered. We are

o!


ffering 10% of whatever amount it is that you cash per week as salary


and subject to your satisfaction you


will be given the oppurtunity to negotiate the mode by which we will


pay for your


services as our official Representative/Book-keeper in the States.!


The mode we would prefer would be instant deduction of your salary

from


the


Amount before going ahead to send whatever is left back via Western


union/Money gram money transfer. We are aware that you would be

charged


to


have the money sent whatever that would amount to is to be deducted


from the


balance of the funds after you must have deducted your salary.


If you are interested please reply to the mail below



C.gerald@yahoo.com



Please if you are interested forward the following info so we can have


them sent to all our clients to start making out the payment .



1,FULL NAME


2,ADDRESS


3,CITY


4,ZIP CODE


5,STATE


6,PHONE #


7,AGE


8,SEX[M/F]


9,RACE[WHITE OR BLACK]


Thanks..


MR. Clark Gerald


Managing Director


J&J LIMITED



- clark gerald

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