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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:

• 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a 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.
  • spacelogin12@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "SMart Hunt Fabrics INDUSTRIES, INC." <simon@allahu.us>
Reply-To: spacelogin12@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:43:33 +0000
Subject: ONLINE PART-TIME JOB OFFER




Hello

We got your information from the internet and We would like to know if you really like to work from home,SMart Hunt Fabrics Inc needs a book-keeper all over the states, so i want to know if you will like to work online from home, getting paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job?. Your primary task as our accounts receivable , of the company is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process.You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer. After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products but in most cases.

we make our clients prepay for orders or items they order for .

About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Walmart Moneygramm Checks or Money Orders drawn from the United State based on the amount involved.

We have decided to open this new contract -to-hire job position forsolving this problem.

Your First Primary task(Collection of Payments):

1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of theoffices you will be contacted to send payment to, You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you'll get good income .But this job is very challenging and you should understand it.


We are considering your application because you satisfy our
requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start running our branch office in your state.Get back to us with information below information, so database and forward it to our customers for them to send payments.

First name
Last name.
Address Line
City
State
Zip/Postal code
Home phone.
E-mail
Age:
Cell phone

Your response to this email is important , so that we can be sure youwant to work for us.

Thanks For Your Total Understanding.


SMart Hunt Fabrics INDUSTRIES, INC.
P.O. Box 8250
Haledon, NJ. 07538-0250
Fax:1-267-430-6581
Email Address: spacelogin12@yahoo.com
Simon Joel
Human Resources Department

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