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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: "Mr El-saeed Ahmed" <el_saeed_ahmed@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrdonaldwilliams@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 18:06:16 +0200
Subject: PLEASE BE OUR REPRESENTATIVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!

XENON IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY
I am El-saeed Ahmed, we are a group of business men who deal on raw materials and export into America/ canada We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in America,canada and Asia ,as well as making payments through you to us.Please if you are interested in transacting business with us we will be very glad.
Please contact our procurement officer,Mr Donald Williams for more informations:
mrdonaldwilliams@yahoo.co.uk.
Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in America/canada.
Please if you are interested forward to us your phone
number/fax and your full contact addresses.
Very Respectfully,
El-saeed Ahmed,PRESIDENT
XENON IMPORT AND EXPORT
Goods for Import / Export & Freight Fwdg. Svcs.
Units 3A & 3B, Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park, Aintree Liverpool,
L30 1RD, UNITED KINGDOM

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