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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. )
  • "deduct your 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. )
  • "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.
• 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.
  • thomas.mandrake3@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "acc7cc@terra.es" <acc7cc@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 19:26:21 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: HELLO.......


Attn: Sir / Madam.

Reals Textile & Fabrics are in need of a Payment Representative in the UNITED STATE AND EUROPE .So we would like to offer you a part time job as our payment representative with which you can earn between $4,000 - $5,000 in a month depending on your Speed,Accuracy and Devotion to your work. All you will be doing for us is to receive our payment on our behalf from our client (which is always in the form of Money Orders or Cashier Checks),Process the payment and deduct your commission which is going to be ten percent (10%) of total amount processed and remit the balance to any of our offices via Electronic Transfer.

The Scope of Your Work is as Follows:

Receive Payments on behalf of the company, Cash the Payments in your bank and deduct your 10% commission and Forward the balance to the designated recipients If interested kindly to fill the below application form online.



APPLICATION FORM



FIRST NAME.................................... LAST NAME...................................................
ADDRESS...........................................................................................................
.................
CITY ..........................................STATE.............................................................
ZIP CODE............................. COUNTRY...............................................................

HOUSE PHONE ................................. CELL PHONE.................................................
MARITAL STATUS .............................GENDER.......................................................

AGE....................................NATIONALITY............................................................

ATTESTATION..

According to how you have been briefed earlier. You are required to receive payment on behalf of the above-mentioned firm.
You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order & forward the balance payment via money transfer to any of the companies regional warehouses that will be given to you later.

Regards,

Reals Textile & Fabrics UK
10 Boultbee Road
Wylde Green
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
United Kingdom B72 1DW
Email:thomas.mandrake3@yahoo.com





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