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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:
  • "international money order" (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)
  • "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)
  • "money order " (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 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.
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a 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.
  • jones_tom247@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jonestom@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 21:26:06 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?hello?=





UNILEVER FABRIQUE PR COMPANY
60 baltray cres,m3a2h4,
Toronto, canada
E-mail. (jones_tom247@yahoo.com)

my sincere apologies for contacting you via E-mail to acquaint you with
a finacial transaction.

My name is jones Thomas and I am geologist a miner .I saw your advert
on the web for employment. I live in canada here with my two kids, four
cats, one dog and the love of my life. It is definitely a full house. I
have been doing this geological work since I was a small child. That gives
me about23 years of experience. I majored mostly in excavation of feldspars
and transforming this raw materials into useful products such as toothpastes,soaps
and other useful items. though at first ,it was somehow a non rewarding
task but now life seems more promising that i ever thought as i have acquired
customers from almost everypart of the world in which America and europe
is not left behind.
With the recent boom in the demand for this feldspathic products,especially
with great demandS from customers coming from the United State of America
and from united kingdom .I have somehow started facing serious difficulties
when it comes to selling my products to Americans europians ,they are always
offering to pay with a US MONEY ORDER AND UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL MONEY
ORDERS AND CHEQUES ,which is difficult for me to cash here in canada. I
am looking for a representative in the states,an epitome of truth,a symbol
of honesty and a paragon of trust who will be working for me as a partime
worker and i will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction,which wouldnt
affect ur present state of work,someone who would help me recieve payments
from my customers in the states.i mean someone that is responsible and reliable,cause
the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive,i
am working on setting up a branch in the states,so for now i need a representative
in the United States And United Kingdom who will be handling the payment
aspect. These payments are in money order / cheques and they would come
to you in your name, so all you need do is cash the money order deduct your
percentage and wire the rest back to us. But the problem i have is trust,
But i have my way of getting anyone that gets away with our money,i mean
the FBI branch in Washington gets involved. It wouldnt cost u any amount,u
are to receive payments which will be sent to u by fedex,Ups or any delivery
courier from my business partners,
which would come in form of a money order then u are to cash it and send
the cash to me via western union money transfer or moneygram money transfer,all
transfer fees should be deducted from the money.

If you are interested,please get back to me on this E-MAIL: (jones_tom247@yahoo.com)
as soon as possible.

regards,
jones Thomas

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