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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • sinosteeltradingcompany_1@yahoo.com.cn

Fraud email example:

From: "sinosteel tradings" <sinosteel_tradings@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:07:51 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

Hello,
how are you doing?I am Mr. Lee Lu Chang,a chinese businessman involved
in the production and exportation of semi finish steel products to
europe,canada and america.
I really need representatives in these regions/provinces for
my business to suceed as it is now and that is the reason why i am
contacting you now.I am 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 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.
before things were not as difficult as this for us 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.......................
Phone number.........................
Fax number...........................
And your full contact address........
Mr lee lu chang.
SINO STEEL TRADING COMPANY.
www.cmiec.com
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.
IF YOU ARE INSTRESTED TO WORK WITH THE SINO TRANDING COMPANY, KINDLY
CLICK ON YOUR REPLY PAGE OR COPY THE ABOVE E-MAIL-sinosteeltradingcompany_1@yahoo.com.cn

 

  

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