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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:
  • "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
  • "commission of 10%" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: MARVIC MAR <marvictexilesltduk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:19:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear Candidate,


Mr Nadellich

First i must thank you for picking up the consideration to be MARVIC TEXTILES AND FABRICS Co.,Ltd. payment officer,via company client who are already and able to pay some of the outstanding bills. Well MARVIC TEXTILES AND FABRICS Co.,Ltd are organisation that started many years ago.

Our company products are Exported into the Canada/America and europe, we are using these medium to look for representatives who can Help us to lay claim of payment from our client also help us advertise our products.

Surprise to say that your role in this endeavour is to serve as our agent to get to our customers who buys our products and helping us collecting their outstanding money which they owe to our comapany, you will be given a commission of 10% for any payment made to you and you will be given instruction on how to remitte the balance funds to us in turn.

Please be adviced that we will have to being the necessary process of approving you as agent/partner on our receipt of your understanding and your sincere abilities.Upon receipt of your mail we will inform you on the next step to follow as regards our approval for you to being our representative.

You can as well forward phone/fax detailed information about your self of your identification drivers licence/international passport/ID Card by email scann attachement to this email box to enable our company have your identify as we open a recruitment file for you as our qualified sole representative in your country.Ours client are both Canada and United States/Europe/Africa.

Notice: As principal and agent/representative,honesty and promptness is our watch word.

Debts owed to this organisation is due to chemical supplied to our client based on the credit facilities which they possess with us.Most times.,monies they owe are paid up first thing after delivery of our products.
Mr Nadellich

Now.,as agent for collections you are obliged to collect all our monies owed upon a payment schedule that shall be prepared for you at out account department,all we do is to forward your contact details to our customers who shall call you in order that you both discuss the mode payment.

Monies are collected by you then we shall give you our account coordinates for you to make a swift wired transfer to us here in UK as the case maybe.Be aware that you are entitled to a 10% commission for each collection you make which shall be deducted before any transfer is made. We sincerely hope that we have rightly informed you on issues and we expedite your actions when the time comes.

Thanks and God bless.

Sincerely,

Contact Person
Mark Thomas
CEO MARVIC TEXTILES AND FABRICS
www.marvictextiles.co.uk


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