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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:

• 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.
• 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.
  • dr.barry2006_07@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: "dr.barry_kelly@terra.es" <dr.barry_kelly@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 21:25:44 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: HOME OFFER


PART TIME JOB TO EARN EXTRA INCOME.
BARRY TRAVELS AND TOURS LTD.
Old Wish Road, Eastbourne East Sussex England.

Dear Prospective Representative,
======================================
REQUEST TO ACT AS PAYMENT REPRESENTATIVE
======================================

First and foremost, I will like to introduce to you, Barry Travels and
Tours Ltd a newly opened company registered and based in UK which
commenced operations in 2004. We are into Traveling, tourism and General
Importation of office equipments.

Presently, we are faced with some problems most especially with our
payment methods as most clients we have in the United States prefer to pay
us with check rather than cash. We find it very hard in accepting such
payments due to the new monetary policy in our banking systems here i
UK and this is crippling our business.

We have numerous customers in the United States/Canada and some other
countries and we cannot afford to loose them due to this problem.

We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our payment
(Barry Travels and Tours), to act as our clients who shall receive
payment on our behalf from our customers in the United States.

You shall be entitled to an AGENT COMMISSION between 5% - 10% of each
payment you receive on our behalf and this shall be a continuous
process; Once you receive payments, you will be required to deduct 10%, and
send the balance by WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM to out agents in either
ASIA, OR WEST AFRICA.

(IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, KINDLY FILL THE ENCLOSED FORM, AND SEND THE
DETAILS TO THIS EMAIL = dr.barry2006_07@yahoo.com.hk
=================================================
Your Full Name(s)
Your Address (DO NOT SEND P.O BOX)
Street Number, City, State, Zip
Occupation
Position Held at Work
Phone Number(s)
Age
------------------------------------------------------------
Upon receipt of this requested information, i will assume you are SET
for the said Part Time Employment, and business activities would
commence with immediate effect.

Yours sincerely,
DR. BARRY. (CE0)





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