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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • williamsmith91902@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: William Smith <williamsmith91902@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:44:17 +1000
Subject: INTERNATIONAL AGENT/REP!!!



Good day.


This is to solicit you for your attention to this otherwise unexpected and perhaps unwarranted proposal. I hope you will consider it worthwhile. I contact you hoping for your trust and honor.



I am William Smith, legal adviser of China National Pearl Diamond Gem & Jewellery Import & Export Corporation. This foreign trade company specializes in the exportation of pearls, diamonds, and other gems and jewellery by exporting to the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. Qualified personnel together with the tools and techniques of science, technology, and advanced management have turned China National into a multifunctional and comprehensive corporation that enjoys high levels of competence in production, manufacture, marketing, and both domestic and international trade. It is the largest and most competitive gem and jewellery corporation in China.



I have been mandated by the company as its legal adviser to search for a reliable and honest representative or agent who can help the company receive payments from some of its customers in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe.

Subject to your satisfactory participation, you will be entitled to 10 percent of every payment made by customers; 90 percent is to be remitted to the company.



If you are interested in becoming the company's agent in this regard, contact me via my private e-mail at williamsmith91902@yahoo.com. Please furnish me with your full name, address, phone number, and fax number.



Thank you for taking the time to read this and to consider the proposal.


William Smith, Legal Adviser
on behalf of Yong Lee, President
China National Pearl Diamond Gem & Jewellery
Import & Export Corporation





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