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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: "Cmiec Hn" <cmiechn_ltd_inc01@msn.com>
Reply-To: cmiechn_ltd_inc@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:04:10 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

Hello,
It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our organisation. We
are experts in the sale of raw materials and we export into Canada/America
and some parts of Europe.

We are searching for reliable representatives who can help us establish a
medium of getting to our customers in the Canada/America/Europe as well as
legally recieving cash and all forms of payment on our behalf from them as
our Representative.

Please if you are interested in transacting business in view of helping
us,so our clients could be making payment to you 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 a remuneration can be worked out for your
services as our representative in Canada/America/Europe as your location
shall determine.

China Metallurgical Import & Export Corporation Henan Company (CMIEC HN)
www.cmiec.com
We anticipate your earliest response in
this regard.
HN
Thanks,

China Metallurgical Import &
Export Corporation
Henan Company (CMIEC )
www.cmiec.com

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