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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 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "John Qingzhu" <penlisco_jq3@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: penlisco_jq1@yahoo.hk
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:38:37 -0800
Subject: Payment Officer

Attn,

I am the DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SALES of PENLISCO ENTERPRISES in London with head office in Hong Kong. We need payment officers in America and Canada and other nearby countries. You will be receiving payments from our customers there in your country. Note that, as our payment officer, you will receive 10%(Ten percent) of whatever amount you clear for the company and the balance will be paid into an account we will provide for you. If you are interested please send us an email with the following informations provided, receiving your email, we will get back to you with job description.

(1)Your full names:
(2)Contact address:
(3)Home/office phone:
(4)Occupation:
(5)Age:

Very
Respectfully,
Mr. John Qingzhu,
(Department of sales).

SUBJECT : PAYMENT OFFICER

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