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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447031905101 (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.
  • escot_crawler@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: scott wilson <scott_wilson1970@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: escot_crawler@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 16 Feb 2008 00:04:24 -0000
Subject: PART TIME JOB FOR YOU..........

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HELLO AND HOW ARE YOU DOING? I AM SCOTT WILSON AND A GEOLOGIST BY PROFESSION I DO MINE,BUY AND SELL GEMSTONES AND I WILL LIKE TO OFFER YOU THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY WORKING AS OUR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE/AGENT RIGHT THERE IN YOUR AREA.IT IS NOT SALES OR YOU GOING AROUND BUT IT WILL BE DONE AT YOUR LEISURE IT INVOLVES RECEIVING PAYMENT FROM OUR CLIENTS IN YOUR AREA VIA BANK WIRING,CASH OR CHECKS WILL BE SENT TO YOU THROUGH FEDEX OR UPS AND YOU WILL BE TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS TO THE COMPANY HEADQUARTER AFTER WHICH 10% OF EACH TRANSACTION WILL BE YOURS,ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE DONE ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTION BUT IT IS NOT A TEDIOUS TYPE AND GREAT BENEFIT AWAITS YOU. OUR PAYMENTS COME FROM CLIENT TO YOU IN FORM OF BANK WIRING WHICH SUGGEST YOU MUST HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OF OUR CHOICE DUE TO LOCAL TRANSFER TO WORK FOR US OR YOU CAN OPEN A SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO AVOID A MIX UP WITH THE COMPANY'S MONEY OUR MONEY ALSO COME INFORM OF BANK WIRING,CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS.SO DO GET BACK TO ME SOON IF INTERESTED GET BACK TO ME BY FILLING THE FORM BELOW AND REPLY USING THIS EMAIL ADDRESS escot_crawler@yahoo.co.uk



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THANKS

SCOTT

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