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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: "Mrs. Charlotte Wright" <info_publicrelations@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: consultant@sinosteelint.org
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:10:27 +0100
Subject: Attn: Representative Wanted.

From,
Sinosteel Corporation.
Dec 20th, 2005
Dear Sir/Madam,



SUBJECT: REPRESENTATIVE WANTED.

It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our company,Sinosteel.
we are manufacturers of steel,iron ore and crucibles.
we export into United Kingdom,Canada,Brazil, France, Japan, Portugal and the United States.
we are searching for reliable representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Canada/United States/Europe/South America, as well as legally receiving cash and all forms of payment on our behalf from them as our representative
If interested in transacting business in view of helping us, so our clients could be making payment through you to us being our representative, we will be very glad. Compensations will be given and other benefits.
Contact us for more information, if this proposal is acceptable to you. Please get back to us, so that remuneration can be worked out for your services as our representative in Canada/America/Europe as your location shall determine.



For further information and enquiries, you are to contact:


Mr. Thomas Chow

Executive Consultant, Steel & Crucibles Dept.

Sinosteel United Kingdom

Email: consultant@sinosteelint.org
Phone: 44(0)7031-91-8732.
Fax: 44(0)8704-901-596.
we anticipate your earliest response in this regard.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Charlotte Wright
Public Relations Officer
For:Sinosteel Corporation

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