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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "% of every payment" (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. )
  • "cheques " (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 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.
  • felixterminal@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Felix Wireless Terminal Ltd. <felixterminal@gmail.com>
Date: 13 May 2008 02:11:09 +0100
Subject: Work At Home

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FELIX WIRELESS TERMINAL CO.,LTD

Banitian LonggangShenzhen 515129,P,R China

Email:felixterminal@gmail.com

Tel :886-5-236-2685, Fax:886-2-6602-1090



Dear Sir/Ma,

Please can I have your attention for a moment? Would you like to work online from home temporarily and get paid ? Our Company Fixed Wireless Terminal Co., Ltd. is a company based in China and we are into Converts GSM Calls to Normal Analog Telephone and accessories supplied worldwide since 1991 with numerous customers home and abroad. We Converts various Analog Telephone (GSM Calls) & equipments supply ( supplies) you will be glad with our products. We need representatives in the United Kingdom who will be in charge of all our payments from the United Kingdom clients/customers. Most of our customers from the United Kingdom pay through Bank wire transfer,Credit Cards, Certified cheques and Cashier cheques which are not negotiable here in China. This brings our quest to employ a credible and trustworthy fellow as our representative to handle our payments. This would not affect your present job but serve as another stream of income to your good self. Being our representative and assisting us in processing the payments from our clients shall earn you a commission of about 10% of every payment you assist us with. Due to the fact that we can not process the United Kingdom Bank Account here in the China, we have lost in the past about £90 thousand pounds of net income each month because of money transfer delays. Most of our clients/customers who purchase our products need to pay large amount of money through their Bank account and this is the reason we also need a representative who has Bank account to receive large amount of money for our company. Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and

help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales.If you are interested, email us back for more information.



Best Regards,

maxwell Phillips(Mr)

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