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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • nelsonclark001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "joboffer041" <joboffer041@gzz.com.cn>
Reply-To: "joboffer041" <nelsonclark001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:00:44 +0800
Subject: PROSPECTIVE FINANCE CO-ORDINATOR NEEDED!!!

Dear Friend ,

My name is Nelson Clark and i just came about your email address
through an online email listing.I am the Employment Manager of Costa Coffee,
a quality coffee company based in the United Kingdom. the company has
been setup in Lambeth, London since 1971, supplying all local caterers,
major Italian and American coffee shops and around the world, with an
exciting coffee, slow-roasted the Italian way. People couldnt get enough
of it and by 1978 the first Costa espresso bar opened in Vauxhall Bridge Road
in London. To this day we still use the same method of
slow-roasting our coffee beans, serving the brothers authentic blend of
6 Arabica beans to 1 Robusta in 500 coffee shops all over the world.

You can check out our website at : http://www.costa.co.uk

The company is always facing serious difficulties when it comes to
selling our products to Americans/Canada because they are always offering
to pay with US MONEY ORDERS and US CHECKS which is difficult for us to
cash here in the UK since the last person that represents us in the US
has just fallen sick and cannot continue the job.

We are looking for a representative in the United States who will be
working for the company as a Part-Time Representative/Bookkeeper and
we'll be willing to pay 10% for every transaction, of course it
would'nt affect ur present state of work because you may do it as a PART-TIME
work, all we need is just someone who would help us recieve payments from our
customers in the states.

i mean someone that is responsible and reliable, cause the cost of
coming to the states and getting payments is very expensive so for now we
need a representative in the United State who will be handling the payment
aspect.

Note that your duty is to serve as a middle man between us and our
customers in this sense that after you receive any payment in form of
Checks/Money Orders, you will convert it into cash deduct your 10% and
forward the remaining balance to us via our instructions and the
transfer charges will be deducted from the company's funds.

If you are interested, please fill up the form below and get back to me
as soon as possible. Endeavour to send your reply through my e-mail
address @ nelsonclark001@yahoo.co.uk

NB: If you are interested do not hestitate to fill up the form attached
below and get it back to me ASAP.

Regards,

Nelson Clark

Please email me back at nelsonclark001@yahoo.co.uk
Costa Coffee,
Exporters of Quality Cofee.
http://www.costa.co.uk




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APPLICATION FORM

FIRST NAME………………………… LAST
NAME………………………………

ADDRESS(NOT PO
BOX)……………………………………………………………………………..

CITY……………………………………..
STATE…………………………………..

ZIP CODE………………………………..
COUNTRY……………………………...

PHONE NUMBER (S) ………………………………………


GENDER…………………………….. MARITAL
STATUS……………………..

AGE…………………………………..
NATIONALITY………………………….

DETAILS OF PAST WORK EXPERIENCES (If any)

Costa Coffee Company.





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