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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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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. )
  • "cashier's check" (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.
• 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.
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024034329 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • rrbagwell1@yahoo.com
  • textilesfabrics2@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: robertbagwell3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:23:27 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?OFFER?=

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is an employment opportunity for you to work online from home and earn
good money. INTERFACE FABRICS GROUP needs a financial controller/ representative
in the Canada, America, Asia, New Zealand, and Europe. We are glad to offer
you for a job position at our company INTERFACE FABRICS GROUP.This is in
view of our not having an office presently in the Canada, America, Asia,
New Zealand, and Europe. You don't need to have an Office and this certainly
would not disturb or affect any form of work you do at the moment.(PRESENT
JOB) We presently run a textile and fabrics industry in the United Kingdom
and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper
in the Canada, America, Asia, New Zealand, and Europe. (FINANCIAL CONTROLLER)
We produce various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional
costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the United State of America.
Our clients make payments for supplies every week in form of Money Orders
or Cashier's Check which are not readily cashable outside the Country,So
we need someone in the Canada, America, Asia, New Zealand, and Europe to
work as our representative and assist us in processing all payments from
our clients and we pay weekly salary.

* The average monthly income is about $5,000.00 USD.
* No form of investments from you.
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day.

Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the
payment process. You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received
and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX OR
UPS). 90 percent
of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks and Money orders
based on the amount involved so we have decided to open this new job position
for solving this problem. Your tasks are;

1. Receive payment from Customers
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices
you
will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to be forwarded either
by
Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer).

www.westernunion.com
www.moneygram.com

Local Money transfers take barely hours, so it will give us the possibility
to get customer's payment almost immediately. Our payments will be issued
out in your name and you can have them cashed in your bank or other Cashing
Services,deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the company
via western union money transfer or money gram money transfer.

All I need is to forward your information to our customers in the US so
they could issue payments out to you and send via priority mail to you,
as we understand that this is an incredible job position. This job takes
only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job;
you'll get good income and regular job. But this job is very challenging
and you should understand its requirements. We are looking only for the
worker who satisfies our requirements and will be a serious assistant. Thus,
we are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are
a serious worker and you
want to work for INTERFACE FABRICS GROUP. Kindly indicate interest by filling
this form, so that we can forward it to our clients and they will start
making payments to you as the company's representative in the States.

REQUIREMENTS:

* Full Name: ..........................................................

* Residential/Contact Address: ........................................

* City: ...............................................................

* Zip code: ...........................................................

* State: ..............................................................

* Contact Phone number(s): ............................................

* Email: ..............................................................

*Gender: ..............................................................

*Marital Status: ......................................................

* Age: ................................................................

* Occupation: .........................................................

* Bank Name (Only): ....................................................


Reply me as soon as possible if you are interested for more details to this

email below and I will be glad to get back to you within 24hrs.

Web site: - http://www.interfacefabricsgroup.com/home.html

If you are interested, Endeavour to send your reply to:-
rrbagwell1@yahoo.com or textilesfabrics2@yahoo.com and your soonest compliant
will be highly appreciated.

Thank you for your maximum co-operation.

Robert Bagwell

INTERFACE FABRICS GROUP
Tel: +44 702 403 4329
31 Wilmslow Rd, Cheadle, Cheshire
London, SE28 0LS

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