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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.
• 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.
  • chinfungtradinglimited200@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "KENJI NISHIBE" <kenjinishibe_2002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: chinfungtradinglimited200@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:21:15 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED URGENTLY

I am Mr. Kenji Nishibe, managing director of CHIN FUNG (TRADING)
LIMITED.Chin Fung (Trading) Limited is a premier global trading group
managing the supply chain for high-volume, time-sensitive consumer
goods, Garments make up a large part of the Chin Fung business which also
covers the sourcing of hard goods such as fashion accessories,furnishings,
gifts, handicrafts, home products, promotional merchandise, toys, sporting
goods and travel goods.
We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium
of getting to our costumers in the Canada/America and Europe as well as
making payments through you to us. If you are interested in transacting
business with us we will be glad.

Please contact us for more information, Subject to your satisfaction;
you will be given the opportunity to negotiate the mode of which we will
pay for your services as our representative.

In this wise we wish you furnish us with all your contact details which
includes your:
1. Full names.
2. Residential address.
3. Phone number.
4. Fax number.
5. Occupation.
6. Sex.
7. Age.
8. Nationality.

You are adviced to forward these informations as soon as possible to
enable us approve you as our sole representative as this is needed to check
your credibility of handling large sums of money. On our receipt of your
mail we will inform you on the next step to follow as regards our approval
for you to be our representative in your province.

You will be entitled to 10% of the total sum you collect from any of
our customers' payments,as regards your coperation and comittment, the
remaining money will be remitted to us following our instructions. All
customers are expected to contact you and make payments as at when due
and when all notorisation and approval made in your favour in receipt of
your mail.
Please if you are interested contact us immediately by email with this
email address:

chinfungtradinglimited200@yahoo.com

Thanks in advance,
Kenji Nishibe
Managing Director
CHIN FUNG (TRADING) LIMITED.
ADDRESS:4-27-4 W204
Hamadayama, Suginami-ku,
Tokyo 168-0065,
Japan



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