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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: "Liang Ho" <liang_ho78@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: liang_ho78@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:40:47 +0000
Subject: OFFER TO ACT AS AN INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Dear Prospective Representative,

OFFER TO ACT AS AN INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE.

I am Mr. Liang Ho, Managing Director of LONG ARTS

AND  CRAFTS IMPORT/EXPORT. CORP. China.

We are a group of business men who deal on Art and

Craft and export into Canada, the United States of

America, Europe and  Australia.

We are searching for representatives who can help us

establish a medium of getting to our customers in

Canada, the United  States of America, Europe and Australia as well as

making payments through you  to us.

Presently, we are faced with some problems most

especially with our  Payment methods as most clients we have in into

Canada, the United  States of America, Europe and Australia of America

prefer to pay us with  cheque  rather than cash. We find it very  

cumbersome in  accepting such  payments due  to  the new monetary policy in our

banking systems here in China and this is  crippling our business.

We have numerous customers in Canada, the United

States of America, Europe and Australia and we cannot afford to loose

them due to this problem.

We hereby request for your hand in partnership to

act as our  payment/Remittance Representatives, to act as our

agents who shall  receive payment on our behalf from our customers in

your region.

You shall be entitled to 10% of each payment you

receive on our behalf  and this shall be a continuous process.

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 you for your

services as our representative in Canada, the United

States of America, Europe and Australia.

Please to indicate your interests please send to us

the following information about yourself.

1.Full names

2.Age

3.Sex

4.Marital Status:

5.Present occupation (Company And position)

6.Phone number/fax

7.Full contact address (not P. O. Box).

Upon receipt of this requested information I shall

provide you with  the necessary details of how to become our

representative.

Thanks In advance

Yours sincerely,

Mr. LIANG HO.

Managing Director,

Long arts and crafts.

China.

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