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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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 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.
  • +447011147873 (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.
  • ben_lee20100@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Interface Fabrics Limited <interfacefabrix4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ben_lee20100@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:39:59 -0400
Subject: JOB OFFER !!!!



Dear Sir/Madam,
On behalf of Interface Fabrics Limited ( I.F.L ),I am contacting you about a job offer.My name is John David,a consultant in the UK.An online random internet search was carried out where your email address was found so am using this medium as an opportunity to contact you and to know if you would like to work with our company,Interface Fabrics Limited.I.F.L is a highly reputable company with a strong and formidable profile and has achieved many successes over the years.Interface Fabrics Limited deals on all kinds of fabrics,Make supplies and also distributes.This is all about working online from home temporarily and get paid accordingly.

***YOUR TASK IS TO CO-ORDINATE PAYMENTS FROM CUSTOMERS AND HELP WITH THE PAYMENT PROCESSING***

We will be glad to offer you a job position in our company( Interface Fabrics Limited ).We need an honest and trustworthy fellow to work for the company as a Representative in all parts of the world. This is in view of our not having an office presently in many Countries. Also, for your conviniency,you dont need to have an office and this certainly wont disturb any form of work you have going on at the moment.
HOW IT WORKS:-

Payments will be issued in your name and you shall get them cashed,deduct your percentage and send the balance to the company via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Money Transfer or as you shall be instructed.
BENEFIT IS AS FOLLOWS:-

* No form of investments from you....* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day....* You do not pay any form of taxes....* The income is 10% of whatever payment you recieve for the company.
For example: When you recieve a payment of 4000.00USD,You deduct your 10% income: 400.00 USD and then send to us 90%: 3600.00 USD.After establishing close co-operation , then you'll be able to operate with larger amounts and you'll be able to earn more simultaneously.
If you are interested in being our representative but/and would need more informations about this, please get back to this email ben_lee20100@yahoo.com with whatever enquiries you might have.

REQUIRMENTS:-
* Name........................
* Date Of Birth..............* Address.....................* City...........................* State..........................* Zip/Postal Code...........* Phone........................* Email.........................* Age...........................* Occupation................* Copy of identification(Driving lincence or Travelling Passport)
If you are interested, direct all emails to ben_lee20100@yahoo.com He is the contact person in charge of applications and job positions and he sure will be glad to get back to you as soon as possible.
Interface Fabrics (Sales and Customer Service)Hampton Mills,Mir field,West Yorkshire,WF14 8HEUnited KingdomPhone: +44-701-114-7873
Best Regards,Interface Fabrics Limited.
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