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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:
  • "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. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. )
• 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.
  • taiyakuexporters@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "TAIYAKU EXPORT COMPANY LTD" <taiyakuexports30@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: taiyakuexports04@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:00:50 -0600
Subject: REGIONAL COMPANY AGENTS NEEDED!!!

                                                                                                                                                

 

                                      TAIYAKU EXPORT COMPANY LTD         

                                                        241 Battersea Bridge Road

                                                            London, SW11 3AA

                                                               United Kingdom

We are exporters based in the United Kingdom.We export raw materials into America, Europe,and Australia.Our company, Taiyaku Export Company was established in the year 2004. We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our foreign payment receiving officer, who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supply to our clients in America,Europe or Australia.Our raw materials include: Cocoa,wheat,cotton seed and Cashew nuts 

Most of our overseas customers prefer to pay us in cheques and drafts for goods supplied. And here in United Kingdom, we have a very slow process in clearing foreign cheques and drafts. It is upon this note that we seek your assistance to stand in as our payment agent in your country.

Note that,as our representative,you will receive 10% of whatever amount you clear for the company and the balance will be paid into the account we shall send to you.If you are interested in this business proposal,ensure that you reply us immediately via this email address (taiyakuexporters@yahoo.co.uk)

Please contact us via email with the information below:

NAME..................................

MAILING ADDRESS.......................

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

STATUS:..............................

STATE/COUNTRY.........................

TEL/FAX NUMBERS.......................

COMPANY NAME..........................

OCCUPATION.......................

We look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Mr.Victor Kiyosaki
General Manager
Taiyaku Export Co.Ltd
London,United Kingdom

NB: Ignore this mail if you are not interested in the offer and you cannot handle large sums of money.Thank you

Reply-to: taiyakuexporters@yahoo.co.uk

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