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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: "Wang Qin" <wan_qin147@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 03:18:52 +0100
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

Dear sir/madam,

I am Mr.Wang Qin along with my colleagues, we are a group of business
men
who deal on raw materials and export into America,We are searching for
representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our
costumers in America/Europe 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 us for more information thru my altenative email add at
(wan_qin147@yahoo.co.uk).
Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate
your preffered mode of payment for your services as our representative
in
America/Europe.

Please if you are interested forward to us your phone number/fax and
your
full contact addresses,
to (wan_qin147@yahoo.co.uk)

Thanks,
CEO
Mr.Wang Qin.

CHINESE METUROLOGICAL COMPANY
338, YINGZE AVENUE, YINGZE
TAIYUAN, SHANXI,
TEL: 0351406202
FAX: 0351404324

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