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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "% of every payment" (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 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.
• 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.
  • +447024039328 (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.
  • infodept_ppmc@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: PENTAGON PETROLEUM METALURGICAL COMPANY <infodept_ppmc@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:01:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Offshore Payment And Receiving Manager Required!!!


PENTAGON PETROLEUM AND METALURGICAL COMPANY (P.P.M.C.)
GENERAL IMPORT & EXPORT
Corporate Headquarters,
60 St James Street, London,
United Kingdom.



To Whom It May Concern,

We are pleased to inform that vacancies exist in our company for the position of offshore payment and receiving agent/officer.
First and foremost let me start by introducing our company to you. We own a company in the United Kingdom, which is into import and export of materials, such as metallurgical products, machineries, metals,electrical machineries ferrous and Non-ferrous metals etc to other companies especially in Europe, America, Canada and Asia.

We are therefore pleased to inform you that vacancies exist in our foreign department as offshore representatives. We would be very glad if you accept to be appointed as our representative in your country and earn 10% of every payment made through you to us.

All you have to do is to send to us the following information, as stated below:
Full Names:
Company Name If Any:
Address:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation:
Tel (Home)
Tel:(Cell)
Tel (Office)
Fax:
Email:

Note that the information you shall provide shall be subject to final approval because we are skeptical of the high rate of Internet fraud going on these days.

In receipt of your mail we will inform you on the next step to follow as regards our approval for you to being our representative.
I await your response.

Best regards,
Dr. EVANS MOYONCHO (PhD, Mni, Psi).
Head Human Resources Dept.
PENTAGON PETROLEUM AND METALURGICAL COMPANY (P.P.M.C.)
GENERAL IMPORT & EXPORT
Corporate Headquarters,
60 St James Street, London,
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44-702-403-9328
+44-702-403-8581
Email: infodept_ppmc@yahoo.co.uk



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