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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
• 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.
  • janet_seun2002@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "REV.TERRY DONALD"<terrydoland007@myway.com>
Reply-To: terrydonald007@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:01:52 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Hello










Hello It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our organization.I am Rev.Terry Donald the secretary of Abrasives Import &amp; Export Corporation (AIEC) We are experts in the sale of abrasive raw materials and we export into Canada/America and some parts of Europe including some part of Africa. We are searching for reliable representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customersin the Canada/America as well as legally receiving cash and all forms of payment sure as money orders and cashier cheek on our behalf from themas our Representative. Please if interested in transacting business in view of helping us, so our clients could be making payment to you as our representative, we will be very glad asYou will be well paid on every payment you reived you will as well be given other benefits. Contact us for more information, if this proposal is acceptable to you. Please get back to us, so that remuneration can be worked out for your services asour
representative in Canada/America as your location shall determine. We anticipate your earliest response in this. Regard. Thanks, Rev.Terry Donald(Secretary). Abrasives Import &amp; Export Corporation (AIEC) Please if interested in transacting business in view of helping us kindly forward the following. 1.YOUR FULL NAME2.YOUR FULL ADDRESS3.YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER TO Miss JanetConsultant) Email: janet_seun2002@yahoo.com Abrasives Import &amp; Export Corporation (AIEC)

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