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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:

• 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.
  • +447031955058 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Beth Rogers" <beth.diane@yahoo.de>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:29:56 GMT
Subject: GAINS-TEMPORARY-JOB-OFFER!!!!


=
DEC 29, 2007=20
GAINSBOROUGH SLIK WEAVING LTD
Alexandra Road, Sudbury Suffolk, CO10 2XH=20
United Kingdom.
Tell/Phone, Calls :+447031955058
I invite You to Visit Our Website to View
Product's to Clients/Customer's
http://www.gainsborough.co.uk

I am Diane B Williams a Texan working in london,
Employment Co-ordinator =22Gainsborough =22 i want to know if you would =
like to
work online from home and get paid without, affecting your present job?
actually i need a representative who can be working for our company as=20
onlinebook-keeper note you do not have to be a book keeper to apply for =
the job.
Its always too expensive and stressful for me to come down and
receive payment's twice in a month so i therefore decided to contact
you,i am willing to pay you 10% for every payment received by you from our
clients who makes payment through you.
Just in case you are concerned about how i got to your contact
it was through the =22American Chamber of Commerce=22
for trust worthy individuals.i was directed on how to make an online =
search.=20
We make lots of supplies to some of our clients in
the=5BAmerica/Australia=5Dforwhich i do come to receive payment and=20
have it cashed after i supply them raw materials.
HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN DAILY?
10% from each payment processed=21 For instance: you receive=20
=247000 via checks on our behalf. You will cash the money in your bank =
and=20
keep =24700 (10% from =247000) to yourself=21 At the beginning,=20
your commission will equal (10%), though later it will increase up=20
to 20%=21you would be having 2/3 payment daily from my clients.
you may calculate your income working hours(1/2hrs).
You are to deduct 10% on each payment you receive from our clients
per payment commission is 10% of every money orders/cashier check that
iscashed instantly=22Cash in Hand=22 or =22Cash on counter=22
is what you get from the total cashed.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN OUR OFFER, I ENCOURAGE YOU FILL THE FORM BELOW:
APPLICATION FORM
FIRST NAME-
LAST NAME-
ADDRESS
CITY-
STATE-
ZIP CODE-
COUNTRY-
CELL PHONE=23
HOME PHONE=23
OCCUPATION-
GENDER-
MARITAL STATUS-
AGE-
NATIONALITY-
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS
PRESENT BANK FOR RECEIVING PAYMENTS FROM CLIENTS-

Kindly-Reply-To-My-Private E-mail For Proper-Co-ordinator Of Your =
Employment Acceptance.
williamsd85=40gmail.com
According to how you have been briefed earlier by a qualified
representative of this establishment,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 to any =
of=22
Gainsborough ltd =22 Groupregional warehouses that will be given to you
later,all transfer charges would be deducted from the balance after =
deduction
of your 10% wage.=20
Copyright ?2000-2007 Gainsborough Slik Weaving Company Alexandra
Road, Sudbury,Suffolk, CO10 2XH ,
United Kingdom.=20
No Experience is needed to join our Team.
(Reg No: 2000/003778/07)

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