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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.
• 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.
• 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.
  • thomas_d2009@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY <thomas_d2009@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 13:03:55 +0300
Subject: JOB OFFER,Can You Represent Us!!!

HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY
Halifax International is a company based in the United Kingdom. We are
into raw materials import and export into America and Canada.

You are in receipt of this mail as we need your services as a
representative who can help us establish a medium of getting to our
customers in America/Canada as well as making payments through you to us.

If you are interested in transacting business with us we will be very
glad.

Please contact our procurement officer, Mr.David Thomas for more
information thru: thomas_d2009@yahoo.co.uk

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our
representative in America/Canada.

Please if you are interested forward to us your

1.Full Names

2.Phone/Fax numbers

3.Your Full contact addresses.

Regards,

Jack Brian

President,

HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY,
Goods for Import/Export & Freight Fwdg. Svcs.
Units 5A & 5B, Broadgate Business Park,
Turnpike Lane, Beeston, Nottingham,
NG7 5RX, UNITED KINGDOM.








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