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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447024076711 (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.
  • bobblank55@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: bob blank <bobblank55@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:05:50 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP AND JOB OFFER



FROM THE DESK OF: MR.BOB BLANKCOMPANY NAME: METOREX LIMITED.LOCATION:55 Hame Way EasthamSM6BY EnglandTELL: +447024076711,+447024022335PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS:bobblank55@hotmail.comRef:MRL/RG.7106. Hello, My Name is MR.BOB BLANK, I am the OPERATION AND ACCOUNT DIRECTORof METOREX LIMITED in the United Kingdom.major dealings on export textile product,colorants and mining for world trade as well as export of various commodities into UNITED STATE AND other countries.We have lot of experiences of receiving large amounts in checks or any paper payment and bank transfers by swift wire on international transfer into our account in UNITED KINGDOM and this give us a problem in having a cash flowing to run our business efficiently.And we are not interested in receiving any of our payment in check or international wiring transfer to our account here in London,we have lost allot of money on this regard,because of the past experience we have gone through.This is why we need your partnership as a payment processing officer in your country,to receive a payment from our customers there.On this regard,we have a meeting with the management and have conclude on the best solution to this problem.On the conclusion of the meeting.We decided that we should require a payment processing officer in the state as business partnership.I have been advised to accept all payments into "A Home Equity Line of Credit Account" or Business Equity line of Credit account and REGULAR CREDIT CARD.Which is more secure and the IRS will never question any amount of money coming in or going out of this such account. I need a Representative in the United States who owns or can Operate Such account and i will offer you 10% of any payment made to the account specify above. All you will also need to know is,you will take what ever amount you have on this account away and leave the account empty and set either of them for the purpose of this transaction or business,this is to assure you that we are not interested in your money in the account.Just take away what ever amount you have on the EQUITY ACCOUNT AND CREDIT CARD,this are the require method of payment to receive payment from our customers to your account. However,I use my good office to contact you,it will be a good adventures for business partnership with you.And it will be a pleasure welcoming you to our firm if you are capable of handling this position for our company.Please feel free to give us your data bellow: COMPLETE NAMES-------------------------COMPLETE POSTAL ADDRESS-----------TEL. NUMBER---------------------------------FAX NUMBER---------------------------------EMAIL ADDRESS-----------------------------OCCUPATION--------------------------------MARITAL STATUS-----------------------------ZIP/POSTAL CODE---------------------------AGE......................................SEX......................................COUNTRY................................. The amount of money depends on the volume of METOREX LIMITED sold.I will give details to you as soon as I hear from you. It will be a grate pleasure to work with you and work with us as a long term partnership with you. You should write me on my personal email or personal phone bobblank55@hotmail.com or +447024060722Waiting for your email. Best Regards. MR.Bob Blank
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