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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: "Biglobe Incorporated" <biglobeincorporated@japanartsandcraft.net>
Reply-To: jol_yang2@asiamail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:23:07 +0000
Subject: JOB OFFER BASED ON MUTUAL BENEFITS

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr.Jol Yang ,managing director of Japan Arts &
Crafts/Biglobe inc.We are a group of business men who deal on Art and Craft
and export into the Canada/America and Europe We are searching for
representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our
costumers in the Canada/America and Europeans 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. Subject to your satisfaction
you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of contract
and the percentage we will pay for your services as our representative in
Canada/America and Europe.

Please if you are interested forward to us your phone number/fax and your
full contact addresses. And your correspondence Or reply should be via my
email address: jol_yang2@asiamail.com OR alternatively
infoonline_yang@yahoo.com.hk .Please get back to me as soon as possible so
we could move to the next stage.

Thanks in advance.
Mr.Jol Yang
( Director)
J-Arts/Biglobe inc.

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