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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:
  • "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.
  • jones00022@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: jonestom@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:44:43 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?employment=2C=20are=20you=20intrested=3F=20?=


UNILEVER FABRIQUE PR COMPANY
60 baltray cres,m3a2h4,
Toronto, canada
E-mail. jones00022@yahoo.com

my sincere apologies for contacting you via E-mail to acquaint you with

a finacial transaction.

My name is jones tom 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 representat
ive 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:
(jones00022@yahoo.com) as soon as possible.

regards,
jones tom

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