419 scam: George Whitehead <georgewhitehead04@chubut.inta.gov.ar> JOB OFFER

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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:
- "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
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.
- georgewhitehead04@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: George Whitehead <georgewhitehead04@chubut.inta.gov.ar>
Reply-To: <georgewhitehead04@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:17:44 -0300
Subject: JOB OFFER

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My name is George Whitehead, a broker based in the U.K for a number of
growing firms based in Asia involved in Imports/Exports of products and
industrialized goods.Would you be interested in a representative
job?Please respond to this Email: georgewhitehead04@gmail.com

â€œEl contenido del presente e-mail y sus posibles adjuntos, pertenecen al INTA y puede contener informaciÃ³n confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario original de este mensaje y por este medio pudo acceder a dicha informaciÃ³n, por favor solicitamos contactar al remitente y elimine el mensaje de inmediato. Se encuentra prohibida La divulgaciÃ³n, copia, distribuciÃ³n o cualquier otro uso de la informaciÃ³n contenida en el presente e-mail por parte de personas distintas al destinatario.â€

"This e-mail contents and its possible attachments belongs to INTA and may contain confidential information. If this message was not originally addressed to you, but you have accessed to such information by this means, please contact the sender and eliminate this message immediately. Circulation, copy, distribution, or any other use of the information contained in this e-mail is not allowed on part of those different from the addressee".

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