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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: "Grippa Chemicals" <sales_grippachemicals@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: grippa_yanglee@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:06:30 -0600
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE WANTED!

Compliments of the day, and my best wishes to you. I am Miss Shau Lin, the
P.R.O of Grippa Chemicals & Food Company Limited.
My company is into the supply of different types of chemicals and raw
materials to food proccessing companies for world trade.My company was
established in 2001. We are interested in employing your services, to work
with us as a private payment agent that can help the company establish a
medium of receiving payment on our behalf for goods and raw materials that
was supplied to our customers in Europe, America and Australia, as we are
already experiencing
difficulties in receiving payments from clients.

Most of our customers pay out in cheques or money orders and we do not
have an account in your country that will clear these funds.
It is upon this note that we seek your assistance to stand in as our
representative in your country.
Note that, as our representative, you shall be entitled to 10% of whatever
amount you clear for the company and the balance will be transfered to the
company.
Company information.
Company Name: Grippa Chemicals & Food Company Ltd.
Company Type Private Limited Company
Address: Unit A, 11/F, Tin Fung Industrial Mansion, 63 Wong Chuk Hang Road,
Aberdeen, Hong Kong

Contact Person:Mr. Yang (CEO) email, Grippa_yanglee@yahoo.com.
No. of resident Staffs-12
Turn Over HK$10-49.9 million
Company Type:Private limited liability company.
Products: Air Dry Meat, Candies, Dried Herbs, Frozen Fish, Frozen Meat,
Ham,insecticides,Sodium Sulphate, sausages, soap, spices,e.t.c
Investment Country: Hong Kong
Brand Name: ACS, BGF, Gewuerzmueller, Guenter, Hand1, Hermann Laue,
Langenbach GMBH, Paulaner, San Zeno, Sunhurst
company mail box :sales_grippachemicals@hotmail.com
If you are interested in this business transaction,kindly forward to the CEO
Mr. Yang Lee the information below:
(1)Your full names........
(2)Contact address........
(3)Phone number...........
(4)Fax number.............
(5)Company name and address..........
Thanks you for your time.
Very Respectfully,
Miss Shau Lin
P.R.O,
Grippa Chemicals & Food Company Ltd.
Goods for Import
Freight Fwdg. Svcs.



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