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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Garry White" <garry_white2003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: garry_white2003@uymail.com
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:37:40 -0600
Subject: JOB EMPLOYEMENT

Dear Sir/Madam,
Would you like to work online from home and get paid
weekly ? RAYMONDSANDRA PAINTING INC.needs a book-keeper in theUnited States
,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?It's just that i
presently run a Arts and Painting firm i inherited from my late Dad in the
UK,but presently out of the country in one of our branch to see how our
company is progressing and we need someone to work for the company as are
representative/book keeper in the states.My company produces various
artworks,materials, batiks,assorted brush paintings and traditional water
paintings which we have clients we supply weekly in the states and outside
state....Our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of
checks 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 we pay him/her weekly salary.
ALL U NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE
STATES OR OUTSIDE THE STATE GET IT CASHED IN CHASHING STORE OR BANK THEN
DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAYMENT AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY branch or
headqauter annex in Austrialier,Holland,France,Nigeria,Canada,United
Kingdom. VIA MONEY GRAMM OR WESTERN UNION MOMNEY TRANSFER. Our payments will
be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in cashing store or bank
and deduct your weekly salary and foward the balance to the company Branch
or Headquater annex via money gramm or western union money transfer like i
said ealier on. I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

BEST REGARDS,
GARRY WHITE.
CEO RAYMONDSANDRA PAINTINGS INC.

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