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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: LEE PANG <chunglee_pang@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:05:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: We Appreciate.....From Biglobe


Dearest Jit Singh,

Our great appreciation and thanks on your candid consideration to be our Payment officer/ Agent to our customers who are already due and able to pay some of their outstanding bills. Let me crave your indulgence to introduce our organisation.,Biglobe Inc. started several years ago.It is into the production and saleof Art/Art work and Crafts.visit our website :-http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~maida/j-art/.
Your role in this project, is serving as our agent to get to our customers who buy our product and helping in collecting their outstanding money which they owe to our company, you will be given a commission of 10% for any payment made to you
and you will be given instruction on how to remitt the balance funds
to us in turn. Please be adviced that we will have to begin the necessary process of approving you as our agent/partner on our receipt of your understanding and your sincere abilities.
Upon receipt of your mail we will inform you on the next step to follow as regards our approval and other Official processes.
Meanwhile you can as well forward a detailed information about your self (i e your full name, address ,phone number etc) so that we can continue with our verification. And always use your reference number as you write to us.
Get back to me as soon as possible so that i can fushion you with the next step to follow.
NOTE: I HONESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND THERE SHALL NOT BE ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATION FROM YOUR PART
Appreciation.
Pang Lee
Biglobe Inc.




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