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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:

• 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)
  • "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 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 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.
  • +447045742866 (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.
  • veron308@lycos.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paul smith" <paulsmith3877590@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:28:04 +0100
Subject: JOB OFFER


Dear Sir/Madam,
Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily or Permanently
and get paid weekly?The choice is yours and whichever is ok by us so you
make your decision.We are glad to offer you a job position at our
company.Weneed someone to work for the company as our investment
manager/Bookkeeper in
the USA. This is in view of our not having an office presently in the USA. *
The average monthly income is about 4000.00 USD. * No form of investment
from you. * This job takes only 1-3 hours per day.

Presently with the amount of Orders we have, we cannot put them on hold for
fear of loosing customers outrightly.Secondly we cannot cash these payments
from the US as soon as it is received,as international Checks takes about 14
working days before the availability of cash.We lose about 75,000 USD of net
income each month because we have money transfer delays*. Your task is to
coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment
process.About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified
Checks and Money orders based on the amount involved.

YOUR TASK
We have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem. Your
tasks are;
1. Receive payment from Customers within the US
2. Cash Payment 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/representatives(anywhere in the world) you will instructed to send
payment to. Payment is to be forwarded via western union base on my
instructions. Local Money transfers takes barely hours.

For example you've got 3000.00USD you take your income: 300.00 USD Send to
us: 2700.00 USD First month you will have 15-20 transactions on
3000.00-4000.00 USD so you may calculate your income. For example 10
transactions on 3500.00 USD gives you 3500.00 USD Plus your basis monthly
salary is 1000.00 USD Total: 4500.00 USD per month after establishing a
close co-operation with us you'll be able to operate with larger orders and
you'll be able to earn more. Our payments will be issued out in your name
and you can have them cashed in your bank or other Cashing Services. This
job takes only 3-7 hours per week.

We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will
be an earnest assistant. We are glad to offer this job position to
you.Sendyour details in format below if you feel you are qualified for
this.Send your reply yo veron308@lycos.com


(I) Your Full Names:
(II)Your Residence address:
City:
State:
Zipcode:
(III)Phone or fax numbers
(IV)Your Gender

Warmest Regards,
Paul Smith.
+447045742866
Human Resources.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam