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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (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. 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. )
  • "cheque " (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: "donald jones" <donaldjones112@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:52:20 +0000
Subject: FROM DONALD

Dear friend,
i am donald jones the financial controller of BRAD COLEMAN FABRICS&TEXTILES
Would you like to work temporarily and get paid weekly?(Open only to US
Citizens and Residents)Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily
and get paid weekly?we are glad to offer you for a job position at our
company,BRAD COLEMAN FABRICS&TEXTILES We need someone to work for the
company as a Representative/Book keeper in the USA. This is in view of our
not having an office presently in the USA .
Our integrated yarn and fabric manufacturing operations use
state-of-the-art textile equipment from the world's leading suppliers.
Order processing,production monitoring and process flow are seamlessly
integrated through a company-wide computer network. * The average monthly
income is about 4000.00 USD. * No form of investments from you.
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day ABOUT THE JOB:
We have sales representatives all over the world to distribute our
products.You know, that it's not easy to start a business in a new
market (being the US ). There are hundreds of competitors, close direct
contacts between suppliers and customers and other difficulties, which
impede our sales promotion.We have decided to deliver the products upfront,
it's very risky but it should push up sales on 25 percent.We need to get
payments for our products as soon as possible. Unfortunately we are unable
to open Bank Accounts in the United US without first registering the company
name. Presently with the amount of Orders we have, we cannot put them on
hold. For fear of loosing the customers out rightly.

Secondly we cannot cash these payments from the US soon enough, as
international Checks take about 14 working days for cash to be made
available. We lose about 75,000 USD of net income each month because we have
money transfer delays. You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are
received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through
FEDEX/UPS).The customer receives and checks the products. After this has
been done the customer has to pay for the products.About 90 percent of our
customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheque and Money orders based on
the amount involved.
YOUR TASK ARE:
1. Receive payment from Customers
2. Cash Payment at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the
offices you will be instructed to send payment to.
Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them
cashed in your bank or other Cashing Services.Deduct your weekly salary
and forward the balance to the company via western union money transfer We
understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job takes only
3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, you'll
get good income and regular job.
This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are
looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be
an earnest assistant.We are glad to offer this job position to you. If you
feel that you are a serious and earnest worker and you want to work for BRAD
COLEMAN FABRICS &TEXTILES, kindly send me your names ,address
and phone number via email .
FULL NAME
*HOME ADDRESS
*PHONE NUMBER
*SEX
*AGE
*MARITAL STATUS
These details are needed for our customers to get across to you with their
payments.We need your urgent reply to enhance improved productivity

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