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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "TM EXPORTS CO., LTD" <tm.exports01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <tmexportsco@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:15:48 +0000
Subject: WANTED VERY URGENTLY


August 20th,2007. TM EXPORTS CO., LTD,a textile manufacturing company based in Canada wants to know if you would like to work online from home and get paid without affecting your present job? Actually we need a representative who can be working for my company as an online sales representative. We make lots of supplies to some of our clients in the UK for which we do send our staff to receive payment and have it cashed after we have supplied them raw materials. Its always too expensive and stressful for us to pay for hotel accommodation and to pay for travelling expenses to UK to receive such payment twice in a month so I therefore decided to contact you. We are willing to pay you 10% for every payment received by you from our clients who makes payment through you. Please note you don't have to be a sales representative to apply for this job.Kindly get back to us as soon as possible if you are interested in this job offer with your:FULL NAMES.......................FULL ADDRESS( no P.O Box).......................CELL PHONE #....................HOME PHONE #.................STATE..................COUNTRY...................GENDER........................AGE.....................OCCUPATION..................... ATTESTATION:According to how you have been briefed earlier by a qualified representative of this establishment. You are required and mandated to receive payment on behalf of the firm mentioned below. You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order and forward the balance payment back to us. Warmest Regards, Therry McPhillipsFor:TM EXPORTS CO.,LTD.
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