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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.
• 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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031949443 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • 447031949443artbox_dls@yahoo.co.uk
  • artbox_dls@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dennis lawrence <dls0132@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <artbox_dls@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:08:38 +0000
Subject: Job Offer,



LAWRENCE & SON ART & CRAFTS175 Bond Street,Mayfair LONDON W1S 2YF+447031949443artbox_dls@yahoo.co.uk
Good Day,
My name is Dennis Lawrence, My Company is looking for someone in the states that is trustworthy and honest who would be helping
out with payment collection and processing... All you would be doing is receiving these payments that would come to you via the mail
system in your country, have them cashed and remit the rest to me. I would be willing to pay you 10% of whatever payment you
process. These payments would come in different forms.
I have been designing arts and crafts since I was a small child. That gives me about 20 Years of experience. I majored in art in high
school and took a few college art courses. Most of my work is done in either pencil or airbrush mixed with color pencils. I have
recently added designing and creating artwork on the internet. I have been selling my art for the last 3 years and have had my work
featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines. I have sold in galleries and to private collectors from all around the world. I am
always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my art works to Americans; they are always offering to pay with Different
Modes, which are difficult for me to cash here in the UK. Because of a hold of almost two weeks that would be placed on them
before they clears the banks here in the UK.
These payments would be coming in your name, so that it would be possible for you to have them cashed. And there is NO FEE or
SIGN-UP FEE of any kind. The payment would be sent to you directly from my clients in the states or by me after verifying the
details on them. All you would be doing is cashing the payments and deducting your share (10%) and having the rest sent down to me
via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. the FEE for the transfer would also be deducted from my SHARE of the moneyIf you are interested, please get back to me as soon as Possible with your full contact details, which should include, your:
FULL NAMES:FULL PHYSICAL CONTACT ADDRESS:ZIPCODE:PHONE NUMBER:D O B:
Regards.
NB: KINDLY HAVE YOUR REPLY SENT TO ME AT:artbox_dls@yahoo.co.uk
Dennis Lawrence management.
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