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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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Please note about this email:

• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Sino Steel Trading Company" <infoservice_sinosteeltrading@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 03:51:38 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED!!

                                      From the Desk of the Secretary.

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

It is my pleasure to write to you in respect of our organisation. We are experts in the sale of raw materials.We export into the Canada/America and some parts in Europe. We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting our funds from our costumers in the Canada/America/Europe as well as making payments through these representatives to us.

 

    Please if interested in transacting business in view of helping us, so our clients could make payment to you being our representative, we will be very glad.Compensations will be given and other benefits.

 

 Contact our company's attorney for more information, If this proposal is acceptable to you, our attorney is base in UK and his contact information is below:

 

Barrister Edgar Williams,
attorney_williams57@myway.com

Tel:+44-703-194-0499

 

Please get back to our attorney, so that our muneration can be worked out for your services as our representative in Canada/America/Europe as your location shall determine,and you can visit our website for more information.

 

We anticipate your earliest response in this regard.

 

Thanks,

Mr Chihangge Yuki.
Secretary.
China Metallurgical Import & Export Henan Company
(CMIEC HN)
www.cmiec.com

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