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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • tostephen2124real@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Stephen Caswell <stephen212044@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 01:15:49 +0000
Subject: LUCRATIVE JOB OFFER!!!



Note :DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS MAIL,PLS REPLY TOstephen2124real@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam,CASWELLS FABRICS INC, needs a book-keeper in the States,We are into Leathersand fabrics production here in the United Kingdom and we need someone towork for the company as a representative/book keeper in the States.Our company produces various kind of Leathers,Furs and all sorts of animalseasonal leathers,.both soft and hard leathers,used in Winter and theSahara, We are also into clothing materials,Such as batiks, assortedfabrics and traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly inthe states.Our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of U.S drawnchecks which are not readily cashable outside the United States, So we needsomeone in the States to work as our representative and assist us inprocessing the payments from our clients and we will pay him a weeklysalary.ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE UNITEDSTATES GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK, THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FORWARDTHE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.Our payments will be issued out in Your name and you will get them cashedin your bank deduct your weekly salary and foward the balance to thecompany via Western union money transfer .SO ALL I NEED IS TO FORWARD YOURINFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN YOURNAME, THEN SEND IT TO YOU VIA MAIL OR COURIER.I will need the following details;FULL NAME.......................................CONTACT ADDRESS.................................AGE:.................................... ........STATUS:.........................................STATE/COUNTRY...................................TEL/FAX NUMBERS.................................COMPANY NAME (If any)...........................OCCUPATION......................................BANK NAME …………………………..so we can forward it to our clients and they will start making payments toyou as the company's representative in the states. Contact the Job Centerat stephen2124real@yahoo.comI AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.Warmest Regards,STEPHEN CASWELLCEO Caswell's Fabrics incorporations.__________Advertisement:


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