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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mark Stone"<markst@live.com>
Reply-To: <mark_stone009@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 08:37:39 -0700
Subject: JOB OFFER FOR YOU.....

Good day,

My name is Mark Stone and I own a company that sells textile and fabric materials in London.

I am looking for a representative in the United States Of America And Canada who will be working
for me as a part time worker and i will be willing to pay Ten Percent for every transaction processed.

We are recruiting individuals to work for the company as a Representative/Book Keeper in the countries listed above. We have customers we supply weekly in those countries and our customers make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders, Bankers Draft and Cashier's checks, checks which are not readily cashed outside the United States and their country of issuance.

All you need to do is receive payment from customers, get it cashed at your bank or any financial institution that does such tasks then forward the balance after deduction of your percentage to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to.

If you are interested in working kindly get back with this details.
FIRST NAME....LAST NAME.......PHYSICAL ADDRESS.....CITY........STATE.......ZIP CODE......COUNTRY....PHONE NUMBER (S)

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