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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "here in london united kingdom" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • mrjustinalbert0@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Justin Albert" <justin@justinalbert8.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:00:32 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Part Time Job Offer!!!



HIM AGE INTL LIMITED

Corporate Headquarter
12 HARWELL GROOVE
WIN FORD CHESHIRE
CUM 3UR UNITED KINGDOM


DEAR SIR/MADAM
My name is Justin Albert, a representatives from HIM AGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED with the head quarter in United Kingdom.
We recently expanding our sales to US and Canada because of the great innovation the company have gain across the world in the marketing of all sort of Electronic appliances.
We have been facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling our products to Americans, in terms of payment as majority of them offer payment with money order or casher's check, which is difficult for us to cash here in London United Kingdom.
We are presently working on setting up a branch in the state for now and we are urgently in need of a representative in the United States Of America and Canada who will be working for us as a part time staff workers who will be working from home without affecting his/her present job if they have any at hand now and we will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction.
Scope of the work is to receive payments from any of our customers in the states, in terms of money order or cashier's check, which will be address to you in your name once you are ready to work as our representative, so all you need do is cash the form of payment and deduct your percentage and send the balance to us after deducting the transfer charges on any transaction.

NOTE: All charges of the Western Union money transfer or Money Gram. will be deducted from the money, so you are rest assured that you wouldn't spend any of your personal money.
If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as possible via email.
N: B, Please send to me the listed information below:

#Your full name:
#Your full home address,
#Your age,#Occupation and as well your #marital status, and your,#direct contact telephone number,

We will need your mailing address in order to forward any necessary information across to you.
Looking forward to your urgent response.

Thanks


JUSTIN ALBERT
www.himage.com,
Corporate Headquarter
12 HARWELL GROOVE
WIN FORD CHESHIRE
CUM 3UR UNITED KINGDOM
EMAIL: mrjustinalbert0@yahoo.com

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam