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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:
  • "cheques " (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 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.
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "Craig"<craig1950@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:20:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Goodday



Boro Textiles1,cadiff road,camberwell greenLondon United Kingdom Se5 8pjWe just came about your email address and your brief profile through anemail listing affiliated with the US Chamber of Commerce and I would beveryinterested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you couldearnalot. This job would be based on contract and commission terms, it is apart-time job and it would involve quite a handful of trust andhonesty. Ifyou would be interested in including a good-paying, part time job toyourdaily list of activities and earning up to $4000.00 on a monthly basis,thenyou could kindly reply my email and I would be glad to brief youmore.We areglad to offer you a job position at ourcompany, Boro Fabrics.We need someone to work for the company as aRepresentativePayment officer in the USA. This is in view of our not having an officepresentlyin the USA. You dont need to have an Office and this certainly wontdisturbany form of work you have going at the moment. The Company
produces thefollowingvarities of clothing materials:- batiks, assorted fabrics for interiordecor, silk and traditional costumes which we have clients we supplyweeklyin theUSA,EUROPE,AFRICA,ASIA etc. Our integrated yarn and fabricmanufacturingoperations use state-of-the-art textile equipment from the world'sleadingsuppliers. Order processing, production monitoring and process flow areseamlesslyintegrated through a company-wide computer network *The average monthly income is about 4000.00 usd. * No form ofinvestmentsfrom you. *jobtakes only 1-3 hours per dayAbout the job: There are hundreds of competitors, close direct contactsbetween suppliersand customers and other difficulties, which impede our sales promotion.Presently with the amount of orders we have, we cannot put them onhold,forfear of loosing the customers outrightly.Secondly we lose about 25,000USDof net income each monthbecause we have money transfer delays* Your task is to coordinatepaymentsfrom customers and help
us with the payment process. Once orders arerecieved and sorted we deliver the product to a customer . After thishasbeen done thecustomer has to pay for the products. About 90 percent of our customersprefer to pay through Certified Cheques and Direct wire transfers basedonthe amount involved.Your tasks are; 1. Recieve payment from Customers2. Process Payments3. Deduct 10%( which will be your percentage/pay onPayment processed)4. Forward balance afer deduction of percentage/pay toany of theofficesyou will be contacted to send payment to.(Payment is to forwarded either by Money Gram orWestern Union MoneyTransfer).www.westernunion.com www.moneygram.com Local Money transfers takesbarelyhours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's paymentalmostimmediately.For example you've got 3000.00USDYou take your income : 300.00 USDSend to us: 2700.00 USDFirst month you will have 15-20 transactions.We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements andwillbe an
earnest assistant. If you are interested,please email us withyourName:Address:Tel/Fax:Age:(Atleast 23 yrs of age)Occupation:tocraigmoore1950@surfy.netWe hope to hear from you soonSincerely,Craig MooreDirector

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