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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Elizabeth Spencer" <abc@divinefabltduk.net>
Reply-To: elspencer111@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:22:31 +0000
Subject: Great offer




Dear Sir/Ma,

I am Ms.Elizabeth Spencer the hiring manager of Divine Fabriks Limited in United Kingdom.

We are a textiles/fabrics company, and we have been expanding our business into Canada and the United States.

We are searching for a reliable representative who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in your respective country as well as making payments through you to us to enable hasten up the processing period which has very long waiting period when payments are made to us via check/money orders drawn from a bank in the United States or Canada.

Note that, as our book-keeper/payment representative, you will receive 10% of whatever amount you process/cash for the company and then, the balance you will be instructed on where and how to have it sent to us in due course. You could be receiving as much as four (4) payments which be made out in your name in form of a check/money order.

Please, to facilitate the conclusion of being our representative in your respective country if you are interested, do send promptly via email the below requested details in order for the registration process to commence:

FULL NAME:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER:
GENDER:
AGE:

Hope to read from you soon.

Thanks in this regard,
Ms.E. Spencer
(Hiring Manager)
Divine Fabriks Ltd.

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