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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "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)
  • "cashier's 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.
• 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.
  • james_fabrics1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: James Tyler <james_fabrics1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: james34tyler_textiles@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:31:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WORK AT HOME WITH EASE(EMPLOYMENT OFFER)REPLY URGENTLY!!!!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: james_fabrics1@yahoo.com

Good day Sir/Ma ,



- This is an employment opportunity for you to work online from home and earn good money. J & T FABRICS AND TEXTILES LIMITED.needs a financial controller/ representative in the state. We are glad to offer you for a job position at our company J & T FABRICS AND TEXTILES LIMITED.This is in view of our not having an office presently in the USA. You don't need to have an Office and this certainly would not disturb or affect any form of work you do at the moment. ( PRESENT JOB ). We presently run a textile and fabrics industry in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the states. (FINANCIAL CONTROLLER). We produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the US. Our clients make payments for supplies every week in form of Money Orders or Cashier's Check which are not readily cashable outside the United States, So we need someone in the US to work as our representative and assist us
in processing all payments from our clients and we pay weekly salary. * The average monthly income is about $5,000.00 USD. * No form of investments from you. * This job takes only 1-3 hours per day. Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX OR UPS). 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks and Money orders based on the amount involved so we have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem. Your tasks are;1. Receive payment from Customers 2. Cash Payments at your Bank 3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed 4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to be forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer). www.westernunion.com, www.moneygram.com. Local Money t
ransfers take barely hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your bank or other Cashing Services, deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the company via western union money transfer or money gram money transfer. All i need is to forward your informations to our customers in the US so they could issue payments out to you and send via priority mail to you, as we understand that this is an incredible job position. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, you'll get good income and regular job. But this job is very challenging and you should understand its requirements. We are looking only for the worker who satisfy our requirements and will be a serious assistant. Thus, we are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are a serious worker and you want to work for WILSON LEATHERS IND.Kindly indicate interest
by sending your informations NAMES, FULL CONTACT ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS to us . Thank you for your maximum co operation. Warmest Regards, James Tyler. J & T FABRICS AND TEXTILES LIMITED

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