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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 is a check fraud / representative scam (4 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "AGRIGAK EXPORTS LTD IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS" <agrigakexporterslimited@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 04:56:49 +0000
Subject: COMPANY REQUEST FOR REPRESENTATIVE

     AGRIGAK EXPORTS LTD, 
                        General Importers & Exporters,
                                 Tower House,
                                 Hardwick Road,
                                Great Gransden,
                                    Sandy,
                               Bedfordshire,
                                   SG19 3BJ.

   

     We are a group of businessmen, who deal on Raw materials and export into America,Europe and Asia. We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our  costumers in America/Asia and 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 our procurement officer:Jonathan lux.

VIA EMAIL : agrigakexporterslimited@yahoo.co.uk

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in America/Asia/Europe. Please if you
are interested get back to Jonathan lux.               

                   Very Respectfully,
                Agrigak Export Ltd
              Goods for Import & Export
                          &
                 Agrigak Crops Ltd

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