419 scam: "ART LOGISTICS INDUSTRIAL AND TRADING LTD"<info@sender.org> A.R.T. LOGISTICS INDUSTRIAL & TRADING LIMITED

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "% of every transaction" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
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.
- artlogisticsltd@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ART LOGISTICS INDUSTRIAL AND TRADING LTD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <artlogisticsltd@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:55:57 -0800
Subject: A.R.T. LOGISTICS INDUSTRIAL & TRADING LIMITED

A.R.T LOGISTIC INDUSTRIAL & TRADING LIMITED
Export & Import Agent‚ Service Company.
46/F Tower 1, Metroplaza 223 Hing Fong Road,
Kwai Chung New Territories, Hong Kong.

A.R.T. Logistics mainly provides services to customers in Russia, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong. We provide: - Air freight - Sea freight (FCL & LCL to EU, Russia, Kazakhstan & Central Asia) - Rail freight - Road Freight (FTL & LTL to any place in Russia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia) Our company has worked in Russia, Kazakhstan & Central Asia since 2005 and has wide experience of transport such as airfreight, container and rail.

We are presently shifting our base to North America and we have collective customers in the United State & Canada but We find it difficult establishing payments modalities with this customers and we don't intend loosing our customers. We are searching for a front line representative as intermediary by establishing a medium of getting payments from this customers in Canada & America by making payments through you to us. Do contact us for more information at this e-mail:(artlogis@e-mail.ua).

Subject to your satisfaction with the front line representative offer, you will be made our foreign payment receiving officer in your region and you will deduct 10% of every transactions made through you for your services as our Financial Representative.

Sincerely,
Yasar Feng Xu
A.R.T LOGISTIC INDUSTRIAL & TRADING LIMITED
N.B Reply to: artlogisticsltd@yahoo.com.ph

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