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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: "Mr Yo Chang Lee" <yochanglee1_35@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrchanglee1_28@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:25:37 +0000
Subject: Business proposal!

Dear Intended partner,
 
On behalf of China HuaMao Arts & Crafts  Organisation, it's our pleasure to  introduce to you our new sales/marketing  initiative as we are world leading producer  and export of artificial arts and  crafts.  The company maintains a comprehensive  database of inter-national trade in  artificial arts and  crafts, we export into   Canada/America and some parts of Europe.
 
We are surfing for genuine and honest  agents who are capable of sales and  marketing of our goods and services in what  ever location they are.

 

Our motive is to start off from collections  of outstanding accounts owed by various  customers willing to make out payments now  after which  agents shall be promoted to  sales/marketing section of this programme  based on  their credibilities/accountabilities of accounts  collected/retrieved.

 

Please if you are interested reply by email with  your phone/fax  number and your full contact  addresses and note ,there is no obligation  whatsoever.
 
A remuneration can be worked out for your  services as our overseas representative. We  anticipate your earliest response in this  regard.

Yo Chang Lee
CEO HuaMao Arts & Crafts
No.46 Shangnan Road, Shanggan Town
Minhou County Fujian,China
 

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