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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "money order " (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.
  
• 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 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.
  • bell_textiles_uk1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "TRACY BELL" <christopher_6@unimail.mn>
Reply-To: tracybell00@aim.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:09:16 +0100
Subject: ***WORK ONLINE FROM HOME***


Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Tracy Bell,currently working as a consultant here in the United
Kingdom; I found this medium to contact you. I work as a consultant for a
fabric company in United Kingdom called Camira Fabrics Ltd . I will like to
know if you can
work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid weekly.
YOUR TASK IS TO CO-ORDINATE PAYMENTS FROM CUSTOMERS AND HELP US WITH THE
PAYMENT PROCESSING

We will be glad to offer you a job position in our company, we need someone
to work for the company as a Representative in U.S, CANADA, ASIA OR
AUSTRALIA.

This is in view of not having an office presently in these Countries.You
don't need to have an Office and this certainly won't disturb any form of
work you have going on at the moment. All you need to do is to receive
payment from our customer in traveler's check, money order or bank draft.
When you do that you will cash it you will take your 10% and send the rest
to us via Western Union or Money Gramm.
Example: Get a Money Order, Check or a Treasury Bill of $1000 and get 10%
off the $1000 which is $100 as your salary immediately.

BENEFIT IS AS FOLLOWS:-
* The averagely income is about $4000....
* No form of investments from you....
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day....
* You do not pay any form of taxes....

REQUIREMENTS:
* Name..................
* Address...............
* City..................
* State.................
* Postal Code...........
* Phone.................
* Email.................
* Age...................
* Occupation............
* Marital Status........
* Prove of Identity.....

If you are interested in being our representative out there please get back
to this email with the informations asked above to start receiving payment
from our customers. I can assure you that this is 100% risk free you have
nothing to worry about.

WE WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, NO
BANK NAMES, NO BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, ROUTING NUMBER,
CREDIT CARD, PASSWORDS, SSN # ETC. IF ANYONE ASKS FOR
THOSE ON OUR BEHALF PLEASE DO NOT GIVE OUT THIS INFO.
THIS IS TO ENSURE YOUR SECURITY AND NON INVOLVEMENT IN CASES
OF IDENTITY THEFT.

Reply me through my email address :bell_textiles_uk1@yahoo.co.uk, as soon as
possible if you are interested. For more details
Product Samples: - http://samples.camirafabrics.com/

Camira Fabrics Ltd (Sales and Customer Service)
Hopton Mills
Mirfield
West Yorkshire
WF14 8HE
United Kingdom

Best Regards
Tracy Bell

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