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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:
  • "% of every transaction" (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 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.
  • alx_zait@bk.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Zaitsev Arts Gallary" <alx_zait@bk.ru>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:03:15 -0500
Subject: Resume & Employee Database from WorkPhilly.com


My name is Alexey Zaitsev, I am an artist with my Wife Susana, and
we are the owner of 'Zaitsev Arts Gallary'. I live in London United Kingdom,
with my two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my life my Wife Susana.
It is definitely a full house. I have been doing artwork since I was a
child.
That gives me about 43 years of experience.
I graduated from Ulianova art factory of the USSR Union of journalists in 1983.
My speciality is book graphics, different classes of paintings

My artworks were bought by the Institute of Russian economy and culture (Illinois, USA),
by a private Gallery in Madrid (Spain), by the Russian Embassy in Ireland and Hungary,
by “Rank Xerox” the Representation in Moscow, by “Bayer AG” company.
My artworks decorate many private collections in Russia and abroad: in the George Bush Presidential Library USA,
Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, France and other countries as well as
the office of the first Russian President Boris Elzin.
All am searching for now is a reputable company or capable individual that will help
establish a medium of customer service/relations in United States and Canada.
I will send to you our Arts Literature and Brochure which will put you in a
very right shape and more conversant
with our work.
Most of your work are done on phone that is customer care/relations because we will be
refering our nearby customers to you and will send orders
to you first before the onward shipment to the customers.
Most of customer in the states usually comes from the online Russian Arts Adverts
and many other online Adverts, i intend to place as many advert as
possible in USA and Canada both online and print advert.

we will be paying you 10% of every transactions in the states and 25% of total order
in a case whereby the customer comes from you.

if you are interested in serving as a link between our company
and our customers in America /Canada we will be Glad.

contact us for more information; Subject to your satisfaction

you Will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will

Pay for your services as our representative.

reply to(alx_zait@bk.ru)


contact us for more information via email with the below informations
filled out.

FULL NAME..................................

MAILING ADDRESS.......................

AGE:..................................

STATUS:...............................

STATE/COUNTRY........................

FAX NUMBER:...........................

TELEPHONE NUMBERS (MOBILE)............

PRESENT OCCUPATION:...................................


Furthermore, will would as well encourage your interest in different arts
department such as: Design,painting, sculpture, and crafting.
Please see some of our new recreated works attached and the
link below for more of our online sales at ARTRUSSIA about 15 paintins are listed for sale.

http://www.artrussia.ru/artists/artist_s.php?id=421&foa=f


Warmest Regards,

Alexey zaitsev
1st Floor
12 Lower Belgrave Street
London SW1W 0NR
United Kingdom

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