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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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. 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. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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: employment costacofee <employment_costacofee@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <employment_manager_costacofee@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:59:30 -0600
Subject: PART TIME JOB (COSTA COFEE COMPANY)





Hello, I am the Employment Manager of Costa Coffee, a quality coffee company based in the United Kingdom. the company has been setup in Lambeth, London since 1971, supplying all local caterers, major Italian and American coffee shops and around the world, with an exciting coffee, slow-roasted the Italian way. People couldn’t get enough of it and by 1978 the first Costa espresso bar opened in Vauxhall Bridge Road in London. To this day we still use the same method of slow-roasting our coffee beans, serving the brothers’ authentic blend of 6 Arabica beans to 1 Robusta in 500 coffee shops all over the world. You can check out our website at: http://www.costa.co.uk The company is always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling our products to Americans because they are always offering to pay with US MONEY ORDERS and US CHECKS which is difficult for us to cash here in the UK since the last person that represents us in the US has just fallen sick and cannot continue the job. We are looking for a representative in the United States who will be working for the company as a Part-Time Representative/Bookkeeper and we'll be willing to pay 10% for every transaction, of course it wouldn’t affect your present state of work because you may do it as a PART-TIME work, all we need is just someone who would help us receive payments from our customers in the states. I mean someone that is responsible and reliable, cause the cost of coming to the states and getting payments is very expensive so for now we need a representative in the United State who will be handling the payment aspect.
These payments are in US Money Orders/Checks and they would come to you in your name, so all you need do is cash the money orders and checks, deduct your percentage (10%) and wire the rest back. It wouldn’t cost you any amount, you are to receive payments which will bemailed to you by post from my business partners, which would come inform of Money Orders or Checks then you are to cash it and send the cash to me via western union money transfer all western union charges will be deducted from the money.
If you are interested, please fill up the form below and get back to me as soon as possible.
COSTA COFEE APPLICATION FORM FULL NAME:ADDRESS:CITY: STATE:ZIP CODE:COUNTRY:PHONE NUMBER (S):GENDER:MARITAL STATUS:AGE:NATIONALITY: Regards,Costa Coffee,Exporters of Quality Coffee.http://www.costa.co.uk


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