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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
• 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: williams john <will_johncompany@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: will_johncompany@yhoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:23:48 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: very urgent please!!!!


Dear Sir,
Would you like to work online from home and get paid
weekly ?
S & A LIMITED needs a book-keeper in the state,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?
THIS IS SAFE AND LEGAL.
It's just that i presently run a textile and fabrics firm i inherited
from my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company
as a
representative/book keeper in the States.
My company produces
various clothing materials, batiks, assorted
fabrics and
traditional
costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the
states.
My
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 States to work as our representative and assist us
in processing
the payments from our clients and i will pay HIM/HER
weekly salary.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR
CLIENTS IN THE
STATES,
GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR
WEEKLY PAY ANDFOWARD THE
BALANCE
TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA
INTERNATIONAL MONEYGRAM.
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
INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM.
SO
ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE
STATES
AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS, THEN SEND IT TO YOU
VIA COURIER SERVICE.
I will need your Full name, Residential Address
and Phone Number so we
can foward it to our clients and they will
start making payments to you as
the company'representative in the
states.
I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH
YOU HAVE
TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF
YOUR
IDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT.
AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY
PAYMENT COMING TO YOU, I WILL LET YOU KNOW
AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE
INFORMATION TO SEND THE FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA
INTERNATIONAL
MONEYGRAM.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE


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