419 scam: "Sara James"<steve@knowledgedoctor.com> WORK FROM HOME APPLICATION NOW OPEN!...

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- jkmartelectronics@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sara James" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jkmartelectronics@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:46:28 -0700
Subject: WORK FROM HOME APPLICATION NOW OPEN!...

JK ELECTRONICS INC
18 Parkvale,
Sandyford Road, Dublin 16.
Ireland.
Contact Person
Michael Robert
Phone#.: +353 862 4775 44
Fax#: +353 1 862 4775 43
E- mail:jkmartelectronics@hotmail.com

Dear Applicant,

JK ELECTRONICS INC need an International Representative, who would like
to
work from home.

If you are interested in this Offer then..Come join Thousands of our
Company worker and you can Earn $450.30 Per monthly.

JK ELECTRONICS INC We Export materials such as batiks, assorted fabrics
and traditional costume and also electronics worldwide.

We have reached big sales volume of textile materials in Europe and now
are trying to penetrate the US and EU market, which we are searching for
representative now.

Quite soon we will open representative offices or authorized sales
centers in the EU and therefore we are currently looking for people who
will
assist us in establishing a new distribution network there. The fact is
that despite the EU to market is new for us we already have regular clients
that speaks for itself.

You can combine these Job with your Current Job...What you need do is just
to receive the companies packages as our Rep and also tell the company
sale Rep that you have a package in your possession.You will spend only
1-2 hours a day on this position.

Application is Open to every one above the age of 18 see below for More
Informations..

MAIN REQUIREMENTS
18 years or older legally capable responsible ready to work 3-4 hours per
week. with PC knowledge E-mail and internet experience (minimal)
If you are Interested In working with Us Then Kindly send these Details.

NAME IN FULL:__________________________
ADDRESS:_______________________________
NATIONALITY:_______________________
MARITAL STATUS________________________
AGE:___________________________________
STATE:_________________________________
ZIP CODE:_______________________________
CURRENT OCCUPATION_________________
CITY:__________________________________
HOME PHONE:__________________________
MOBILE PHONE:________________________

We await your prompt respond to these position.

Regards,
Yours sincerely,
Sara James.
Human Resource Department
JKmart Electronics Inc.

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