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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • enquires_jlewis@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john lewis <mr.jlewis_stores122@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <enquires_jlewis@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 15:08:36 +0000
Subject: Get Paid And Become An online Trader



Dear Sir/Madam,How would you like to work as an online trader and get paid $100-$500 weekly.John Lewis department stores is a Departmental Company in the United Kingdom that specializes in the supply of high quality sofas Beds & television to china,italy and the United States. We currently do not have a branch office in the United states as we do in most of England china and italy we do plan to setup a branch in cambridge,liverpool,leicester and the United States real soon as we do have lots of customers in USA. We need a representative who will help us in receiving funds from our various customers after supply of our fabrics.We do need a trustworthy and responsible representative in the United States whom will receive these payments and in turn take 10% of any payment which will be made to him or her. Payments vary from $2000 to as much as $10,000 each week depending on forms of payment. Payments come in various ways ranging from cashier,s check, to money orders, credit cards and even home equity line of credit which cannot be cashed out here in the United Kingdom which is exactly why we are hiring. If interested kindly provide your contact details including your resume via email back to the forwarding address (enquires_jlewis@yahoo.co.uk) for further information about the job offer.Check the website for more information on www.johnlewis.com.Sincerely,John Lewis.
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