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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (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. )
• 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: peter king <peterking55galleria@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <peterking_galleria@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 06:40:50 -0400
Subject: WORK FROM HOME & GET PAID.


Hello,
Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly? Peter King's Arts and Crafts needs a book-keeper in the US, so we want to know if you would like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? I presently run an Arts Galleria I inherited from my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the US . Our company deals in the sale of Art and Craft works, sculptures and carvings, antique artifacts and produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and various traditional costumes from all over the world and we have clients we supply weekly in the US. Our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders which are not readily cashable outside the United States, so we require a book keeper in the US to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and he would be paid a weekly salary. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE US, GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER.
Payments by our clients will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank and deduct your weekly salary and foward the balance to the company via western union/money gram money transfer. What the Company requires is a hardworking Representative/Book-keeper in the US who would help to establish a medium of getting our funds from our customers there and enhance our customer service. If you are interested in working with us we would be very glad as inability to get our Payments in cash has posed a big problem and has affected account reconciliation and turn over grossly.
These are legitimate transactions between our customers and our company Representative and there is no legal risk as these are payments for goods already bought and delievered. We are offering 10% of whatever amount it is that you cash per week as salary and subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate the mode by which we will pay for your services as our official Representative/Book-keeper in the US.
The mode we would prefer would be instant deduction of your salary from the Amount before going ahead to send the balance sum to the company via Western union/Money gram money transfer. We are aware that you would be charged to have the money sent, whatever that would amount to, is to be deducted from the balance of the funds after you must have deducted your salary.
If you are interested, fill the PETER KING'S GALLERIA APPLICATION FORM FIRST:

NAME.......................................................................................
SURNAME..........................................................ADDRESS...................
..............................................................CITY.........................
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STATE......................................................................................
ZIP CODE...................................................................................
COUNTRY....................................................................................
PHONE NUMBER......................................................GENDER......................... MARITALSTATUS..........................................................AGE.................
NATIONALITY.....................................ID/NUMBER..................................
EMAIL ADDRESS..............................................................................
I await your urgent response. Warmest Regards,
Dr.Peter King.
Peter King's Arts and Crafts.
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