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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:
  • "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)
  • "cheque " (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)
  • "cashiers check" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Avalon Textiles" <desmondwilliams_147@shabgard.org>
Reply-To: desmondwilliams_147@myway.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:03:13 +0430
Subject: JOB OFFER .......CONTACT AND REPLY URGENTLY....

Dear Sir/Ma,

How are you ?My name is Desmond Williams and I own a company that sells
Chinese and African textile and fabric material in London,I am looking
for a trustworthy representative in USA /Canada that can help as a link
between me and my client over there.i would like to know if you are
interested to work from home for us AVALON TEXTILES needs a book-keeper
or representative in the states,so I want to know if you will like to
work on line from home and getting paid weekly without leaving or
affecting your present job? I presently run a textile and fabrics firm
in London and we need someone to work for the company as a
representative/book keeper in Canada/USA.You can pls go through my
website www.avalontextiles.net My company produces various clothing
materials, batiks,assorted fabrics and traditional costumes.

We have clients we supply weekly ,in the states and myclients make
payments for our supplies every week in form of money orders or cashiers
check which are not readily cashable outside the US or Canada,so we need
someone in the States/Canada to work as our representative and assist us
in processing the payments from our clients and I will pay him/her a
weekly wage, by percentage. All you need to do is receive this payment
from our clients in the States or Canada and get it cashed in your bank
or a cashing center then deduct your 10% and forward the balance to the
company down here via moneygram or western union money transfer.

The main reason why the funds cannot be cashed down here is that it
would take 20-24 days for a US Cashier`s cheque to pass through the bank
here and that would tie down my capital and not make business move fast
as i expected,but a US cashier cheque presented to the bank in the US
would clear tops withing 48hrs and the person that used to help me cash
the cheque before that is my former representative has moved to Germany
with his family. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you
get them cashed in your bank, deduct your 10% of the initial capital and
forward the balance to the company by money transfer. So all I need is
to forward

your information to our numerous clients in the states or Canada and
they will contact you before they issue payment in form of cashier
cheques then send it via courier or regularmail to you.If accepted I
will need your full name, address and phone number so we can forward it
to our clients and they will start making payments to you as the company
representative in the states.

Thanks and I await your sooner response.
Desmond Williams.....
www.avalontextiles.net
JUPITER HOUSE, CALLEVA PARK,
ALDERMASTON,
READING BECKS,
RG7, LONDON,UK
TEL NO:44-704-011-9034
Fax NO :44-704-011-4006

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