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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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)
  • "cashiers 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "wingasjob@terra.es" <wingasjob@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 11:17:08 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Hello




PART TIME JOB OFFER

I am Dr. Rainer Seele Financial Director of wingas.I just came about your
email address
through an email listing affiliated with the US Chamber
of Commerce,and i am pleased in offering you a part time paying job.Below is the description of wingras and all you will need to know about the job i am offering you.

Description of Wingas:

The company deals with areas of operation like Gas Management,Gas Procurement,Gas sales and marketing,Gas network and Gas Storage.
The founder of the company was one William McMullan, a chemist by
Profession, who started the business modestly delivering paraffin oil by
Horse and cart around the streets of Belfast.

JOB DESCRIPTION
This project has been developed in a way not to affect your present job nor bring you any form of stress but in order to help take care of those extra costs
it came to my knowledge that there are a lot of lapses in handling funds that come in from the states which come in forms of cashiers checks, company checks and money orders and are not readily cashable outside the United States and some sent mails that do not delivered due to lapses in courier services, So we need someone in the States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our various clients which come in on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. This is why we decided to get a representative over in the states to help us pick up our payments at your contact address you shall be providing us, in order to process our payment from our clients.
So I talked to the company accountant, and it was a good idea to hire someone trustworthy who could receive the FUNDS in the United States and this happens to be a good idea.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR
CLIENTS IN THE STATES GET IT CASHED AT YOUR BANK, THEN
DEDUCT YOUR PERCENTAGE (11% OF EACH PAYMENT) AND FORWARD THE BALANCE
OVER TO THE COMPANY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR VIA WESTERN UNION.
Our payments will be issued out in your name as we would inform our
Clients to do.
Therefore the following details would be needed:

FULL NAME : ........................

FULL ADDRESS : ..............................

CITY : .............................................

STATE: ................................

ZIP CODE: ..........................

PHONE NUMBER (S) : .................................

GENDER : ..................................

AGE : ......................................

I WOULD ENDEAVOUR THAT YOU NOTE THE FOLLOWING

THINGS BELOW: DO YOU HAVE A CHECKING ACCOUNT? YES/NO

so we can forward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as the company's representative in the states.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED...PLEASE LET ME KNOW....AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY
PAYMENT COMING TO YOU...I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND AFTER YOUR HAVE CASHED
THEM...I WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE
COMPANY'S AGENT VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

Warmest Regards,
The Financial Director,
Dr. Rainer Seele
www.wingas.de





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