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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)
• 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.
  • wanglee3010@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <wanglee3010@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:16:58 -0600
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED URGENTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED URGENTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



NOTE: ALL RESPONSE SHOULD BE SENT TO: wanglee3010@yahoo.com.hk
132 Wuai Road,
Yiwu City,
Zhejiang Province. CH

Dear sir/madam,

I am Mr Tiffany Price,the Public Relations Officer of Hubei Machinery &
equipment import & export Corporation. We are searching for representatives.

We want to know if you would like to work online from home and get paid
without affecting your present job.

Actually we need a representative who can work for our company as an online
book-keeper. We currently make a lot of supplies to some of our clients all
around the world but mostly in USA, CANADA and AUSTRALIA.Its always too
expensive and stressful for me to come down and receive such payment twice
in a month so we had a board meeting about what we can
do this New year. so we decided to contact you to work as our company's
Representative.

We are willing to pay you 10% for every payment received by you from our
clients who makes payment through you, these payments are coming from these
clients within USA and will be sent to you,all you have to do is cash each
payment, deduct 10% and forward 90% to our Regional Manager.

Please note that you do not have to be a book keeper to apply for this
offer as this is meant to assist individuals pay partial bills and extra
income.Kindly get back to me as soon as possible if you are interested in
this job offer,

kindly fill the form below :

Full Name :
Address :
City :
State : Country :
Zip Code :
Phone Number :
Age :
Current Occupation
Company name:

Please note that you do not have to be a book keeper to apply for this
offer as this is meant to assist individuals pay partial bills and extra
income.Kindly get back to me as soon as possible.

WARMEST REGARDS
Mr Tiffany Price
(Public Relations Officer)

ALL REPLIES SHOULD BE SENT TO: wanglee3010@yahoo.com.hk

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam