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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.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mike4walter@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "John Thomas" <john_thomas21@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:20:36 +0000
Subject: TEMPORARY JOB OFFER!

Compliments of the season. It is a pleasure to write to you in respect of
our company, Jinhua Dawei Tools Co.,Ltd.We are experts in the sales of
professional power tools supplier sell power tools such as circular
saw,angle grinder,drill and other related tools.

We export into the Canada/America/parts of Europe.
Due to some difficulties encounter in recent times, we are searching for
representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting our funds from
our costumers in the Canada/America/Europe as well as making payments
through you to us. This will also be a medium through which you will
generate some revenue.

Please if interested in transacting business in view of helping us,so our
clients could make payment to you being our representative, we will be very
glad.And be rest assured that adequate compensations of 10% will be given
and other benefits follows. Please contact us for more information: Tongqin
industrial Area,Wuyi,Zhejiang ,321200, China.

You shall be contact in less than 24hrs.Subject to your agreement, you will
be given the opportunity to negotiate the mode by which we will pay for your
services as our representative
in Canada/America/Europe. If interested forward your phone number/fax and
your full contact address, to us with this confidential mail address:
mike4walter@gmail.com
Best Regards
Mr Mike Walter
Public Relations Officer



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