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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • wendy_lee06@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Wendy Lee" <wendy_lee06@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wendy_lee06@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 20:55:43 -0500
Subject: I need Your Assistance

ABLE TECHNOLOGY ( HONG KONG ) LIMITED
Address FLAT 1608,FLOOR 16,RICKY
CENTRE, NO36 CHONG YIP STREET,
KOWLOON, HONGKONG
（FLAT/RM607 6/FYEN SHENG CENTRE 64
HOI YUEN ROAD KWUN TONG）


Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr Wendy Lee,
Sales Curator of ABLE TECHNOLOGY ( HONG KONG ) LIMITED ,
we are a group of
company who
deal on all kinds of electronic Components and do business with
companies throughout the world.
We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a
medium of getting to our customers in the
Canada/America and Europe as
well as making payments through you to us.Please if
you are interested
in transacting business with us we will be very
glad.

Please contact us for more information.
Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the
opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your
services as our
representative in Canada/America and Europe Please
if you are
interested forward to us your phone number/fax and
your full contact addresses.

Thanks In advance
Sales Curator,
Mr.Wendy Lee
Please for the sake of confidentiality i would prefare you to reply me
via my private email account; wendy_lee06@hotmail.com <mailto:wendy_lee06@hotmail.com>

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam