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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
• 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: "JOHN SMITH"<johnsmith471@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:36:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Representative Needed




HELLO, Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ? SOFT SOLUTIONS, needs an IT specialist in the states and UK, so I want to know if you will like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? It's just that I presently run a IT firm I inherited from my late Dad in Armsterdam Holland and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/sales and administrative executive in USA and UK. My company is into sales, services, and networking which we have clients we supply weekly in the states. My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders or Check, which are not readily cashable outside the United States and UK, So we need someone in the States and another in UK to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and we will pay him/her wage. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS,GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT
YOUR WEEKLY PAY WHICH IS 10% AND FORWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank. Deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the company via Western union money transfer. I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as possible via email with the following listed information below: Name:Home address,Age,Occupation Marital status, Direct Telephone number, Dirivers License JOHN SMITHPST TECHNOLOGY Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.

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