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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a company representative scam. This type of job offer scam involves the cashing of fake checks and money orders. It could expose you to losses of tens of thousands of dollars as well as to the risk of criminal prosecution and (in some cases) imprisonment.

Fraud email example:

From: Changlee <sinotradingcompany1@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:46:36 +0000
Subject: Hello

Hello Mr/Mrs,
how are you doing?I am Mr.Lee Lu Chang,a chinese businessmen we are  the production and exportation of semi finish steel products such as Low alloy vessels, Carbon plates,Ship building plate,Plate for boiler/Vessel, to europe,canada and america.

Due to our ever-increasing customer base in North America/europe, we at
SINO STEEL TRADING COMPANY CHINA.  are searching for representatives in these regions/provinces to assist us in establishing a medium to connect to our costumer more efficiently. as it is now and that is the reason why i am contacting  you now.we are looking  for a man/woman who is trustworthy to be in charge of receiving cash on my company's behalf in his/her  country.if you know you you are not trustwothy please do not bother to reply at all because the a lot of money is involved here.all I am asking you is if  you would like to earn. for the first 60days Reps will receive 10% commission on every transaction processed. After the 60day trial period, commission will increase to 15% from any amount you help me collect from my customers.

If you choose to work with the SINO STEEL TRADING COMPANY CHINA as a representative, your basic task is to  help me collect  payment. from our customers. in your region.before things were not as difficult as this for us to exporters in the east because checks from these countries never took any time before they cleared in our territory but now it takes weeks and this slows down production for us.some of these customers even send checks that will  not clear eventually at the end of the day and this creates more financial problems for us eastern businessmen.The best part of this job offer is that you do not have to leave your present place of employment because it is on a part-time basis.You can ask any question concerning the areas where you are not clear and I assure you that I will answer them to the best of my knowledge. thank you.Please if you are interested forward to us.

YOUR FULL NAME,
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS,
PHONE NUMBER,
FAX NUMBER,
OCCUPATION,
SEX AND AGE,

Mr,Lee Lu Chang.
MD/CEO
SINO IRON & STEEL TRADING CORPORATION.
NB:PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE U.S.A.,CANADA,EUROPE OR
AUSTRALIA.THESE ARE THE ONLY PLACES WHERE I NEED REPRESENTATIVES.OUR
COMPANY'S LINE OF BUSINESS IS VERY LUCRATIVE AND YOU WILL NOT REGRET BEING A MEMBER OF THE TEAM.

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