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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:
  • "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 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.
  • statoilgroups@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EMILY KNIGHTS <kooly4real@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: statoilgroups@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:21:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GREAT JOB OPPORTUNITY(URGENT)



STATOIL AND GAS LTD
HEAD OFFICE
24 118 88 Stockholm Växel,SWEDEN
Company Email: statoilgroups@gmail.com
company website:www.statoil.se




Good day,
my name is Emily Knights (Manager, PR & Public Affairs, Stat-oil Group/Topaz Energy Group Limited) Stat oil ASA has operations in over 30 countries around the world. Stat oil Ireland
Limited and Stat oil Exploration (Ireland) Limited are wholly owned by Stat oil ASA. Ireland is unique in Stat oil International operations as it is the only country outside Scandinavia which
undertakes the marketing, distribution, exploration, development and production of oil and gas. It is also involved in power generation in partnership with the ESB. I just reviewed your Resume
through the resume site and I would be very interested in giving you a part-time paying job as a cash representative for STAT-OIL GROUP, in Australia,New zealand and neighbouring countries, in which you could earn a lot This job would be
based on contract and commission terms, it is a part-time job and it would involve quite a lot of trust and honesty. This project has also been developed not to affect your present job nor bring
about any form of stress but in order to help take care of those extra costs, and you could make a minimum of $3,500 a month, Meanwhile there is no start up cost required I took time to make
this explanatory enough so you could understand what the job entails. Presently, we have just been granted a funding to head a research project in the tropical regions of Europe regarding Oil
Drainage Planning and Management and this would be commencing very soon. However the funding would be made mostly in the Australia,New zealand and neighbouring countries, as regards the source of funding of this project. Your
willing to work as a Payment Representative now will help and save time so that this project can be concluded as soon as possible and I am ready to get you started All you need to do is on
getting the payment on behalf of the company, cash at your bank and take 10% of the money cashed as your commission and you would have the rest fund wired to me via western union money
transfer. The main reason I would be needing a pay rep in Australia,New zealand and neighbouring countries is because I am presently in London and even though I can get the
wires here from Australia,New zealand and neighbouring countries, I would have to wait 30days to clear in my bank, 25% would be deducted as tax and even if I were to set up bank account in the country, it would take much more time and
stress. So I talked to the company accountant, and it was a good idea to hire someone trustworthy who could receive money orders/ cheques, and being in the untied states, you could get the
deposits efficiently in your account, then go over to Western Union and have the cash sent in cash to me wherever i might be at that point in time, and I would receive it in cash, and this happens
to be a good idea. I would be willing to employ you on contract basis to be our payment representative back in the
Australia,New zealand etc, this way I could issue and make these money orders out to you, you could then cash them easily, withdraw 10% of the total amount on the bank deposit as your commission and
then send the rest back to me through Money transfer. Bear it in mind that we would be dealing with quite a handful of cash and would require honesty and diligence I intend to commence on
starting as soon as you are ready you'll be starting soon and it could be twice a week depending on your approach ...if you approach so fast, it'll be more than twice, till you're okay about it.If you
are interested fill the for below and they will start making payments to you as the company representative in the Australia and New zealand.
.BELOW IS THE COMPANY'S EMPLOYMENT FORM WHICH YOU HAVE TO FILL AND REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER THROUGH THE COMAPNY MAIL ADDRESS
statoilgroups@gmail.com
You can also check our website and know about our company www.statoil.se


APPLICATION FORM


FULL NAME:

HOME ADDRESS (NOT POST OFFICE BOX):

CITY:

STATE:

ZIP CODE:

COUNTRY:

PHONE NUMBER:

GENDER:

MARITAL STATUS:

AGE:

NATIONALITY:



(Information included in this application form is confidential between you and me, and the full name and contact info should be included as it should be written on the payments being issued over
to you, you should also include a valid phone number for easy contact)



Thanks for your assistant and God bless,





EMILY KNIGHTS
Manager,PRO/Public affairs of STATOIL AND GAS LTD,
London, United Kingdom.
ATTESTATION
According to how you have been briefed earlier by me. You are required and mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm. You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed
on a particular order and forward the balance payment via Western Union Money Transfer as I would be instructing you on receipt of my payments.
You will notify me a week ahead if eventually you want to discontinue this job so as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict.

In agreement to this kindly append signature below

……………………………………………………………

Hope to hear from you soon.






















Company Email: statoilgroups@gmail.com

















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