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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: "Xiao jun" <chinfunglimited@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:37:21 -0500
Subject: Searching For Urgent Representative.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Xiao Jun, 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.

Please if you are interested contact us immediately via our
private e-mail address chinfung@terra.com.mx

Thanks in advance,
Xiao Jun
Managing Director
CHIN FUNG (TRADING) LIMITED.
10th Floor, ChinFung Tower
888 Cheung Sha Wan Road
Kowloon, Hong Kong

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