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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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• 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: "kuri war" <kuri_war@msn.com>
Reply-To: kwari_kuri@asiamail.com
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:01:30 +0000
Subject: A PART TIME JOB OFFER FOR YOU THIS NEW YEAR.

Good Day,

 It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our Company Wujiang Wanlida Textile And Art  Co., Ltd. Based: No.6 The Third District Nanshan Road, Shengze, Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province. China. we have customers all over the world, those that love the chinese textile and Art for interior decorations and for other decors.

 

We ask you to be our representative i receiving payments from our customers on our behalf.

 That is, whenever we are expecting payments from our abroad customers or associates, we will ask you to help us receive the payments and consequently give you instructions on where the funds will be paid to.

 The reason for this is not far-fetched, we have a very slow process of receiving and making payments abroad here in my region, and this hinders a smooth dealings with our abroad customers and associates.

 Hence you are now our representative in your country, whenever we are expecting payments from our customers, the payment will be made through you to us, and we will give you instructions on how you can be able to also help us channel this funds to our associates abroad that helps us in the shipment of our products.

 For each payment made through you for us, you will be entitled to a 10% of the total amount.You are  mostly required to receive payments from our customers on our behalf in your country.
 
Your full names, Phone number and contact address will be forwarded to all our customers in your  country now that you have indicated to work with us for easy communications between you and the  customers for purpose  of payments as quickly as possible. Once again, do get back to us immediately  as you receive any communication from any of our customers ready to make payment so that we can  urgently advise you on what to do with the balance money after deducting your 10% out of it.
 

 

BELOW IS OUR COMPANY HEADQUARTER

Wujiang Wanlida Textile Co., Ltd.

Selected Products

Jacquard Fabric

Cotton Satin

Printed Satin

Twisted Satin

(Click the orange-framed product pictures for 3 dimensional views.

 

            If interested mail to :

 

   kwari_kuri@asiamail.com  

 

Note that no form of payment will be requested upfront in this endeavor.

 

On our receipt of the above details we shall forward to our customer/clients to immediately contact you with the mode of payment.

Kindest Regards,

Kuri Wara 
Managing Director.

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