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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • psandy002@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: "sfabrics5@terra.es" <sfabrics5@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:58:46 +0100 (MET)
Subject: HELLO



SANDY FABRICS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD

10 Newport ave, Scoffford Area,

Oxford, L349HA, 44(0)871-720-1959,44(0)7024067043



URGENT PART-TIME JOB OPPORTUNITY


My name is SANDY PHILIPS a texan working in London, I want to know if You would like to work online from home and get paid without affecting your present job? Actually i need a representative who can be working for our company as online book-keeper.We make lots of supplies to some of our clients in the states for which i do come to the states to recieve payment and have it cashed after i supply them raw materials.

Its always too expensive and stressful for me to come to the states and recieve such payment twice in a month so i therefore decided to contact you. I am willing to pay you 10% for every payment recieved by you from our clients who makes payment through you. Just incase you are concerned about how i got to your contact, it was through the American Chamber of Commerce for trust worthy individuals,i was directed on how to make an online search.

Pls note you dont have to be a book keeper to apply for the job..

Kindly get back to me as soon as possible if you are interested in this job offer with your:


FIRST NAME...........

LAST NAME..........

ADDRESS...........

CITY............

STATE..........

ZIP CODE......

COUNTRY.......

PHONE NUMBER (S)..

GENDER......

AGE.........

MARITAL STATUS....


ATTESTATION


According to how you have been briefed earlier by a qualified representative of this establishment. You are required and mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm. You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order and forward the balance payment via Western Union Money Transfer and to any of "SANDY FABRICS" Group regional warehouses that will be given to you later.

You will notify the company a week ahead ifeventually you want to discontinue this job so as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict.


PLS SEND REPLY ASAP to (psandy002@aim.com)

JOB OFFER(Work from home and get paid weekly)

SANDY FABRICS..






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