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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.
• 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.
  • lee_songholdings_321@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: huatexnotice@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:19:15 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WORK=20WHILE=20AT=20HOME=20=26=20EARN=2010=25=20?=

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Song Lee, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Huatex Import &
Export
Co., Ltd. We mainly produce khaki, poplin, corduroy, down-proof cloth,
stretch
satin, velour, canvas, coarse and fine clothes, flax cloth, urethane
elastic
fiber stretch cloth, pure cotton, polyester cotton and blending series.
With advanced technology, good equipment, quality product and excellent
service.

Our company is enjoying a good reputation in our domestic market due to
its good
quality and reasonable price, and we export our products into Canada
and
America.


We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium

of getting to our costumers in Canada and America. Due to the time
delay

in transaction
of money from America to China, it has really slow down the company
efficiency and output
and presently, we are been owed more than US$930,000 by different
customer and they
have agreed to begin installmental payment.


If you are willing to represent our company, you would be paid
10% of the total sum you collect on behalf of my company in any
transaction
that is passed through you to our company, All we require you to do is
send to
us your full name, detailed mailing address, tel and fax numbers.


You would now act as the company's bank, our customer's will be
intructed to pay their
owned money to your care and for any transaction made by you, 10% will
be going to you.


I would instruct the customer to send the check to you which you would
deposit into any
account you trust. When the check clears you would then remove your 10%

and pay the balance and that will be for your services as our
representative.


A God fearing person you must be, and if you are not interested please
do not boarder
to reply and if you are interested, please fill in the blank spaces
below:


1. Your Full Names..........
2. Your Full Contact Address........
3. State/Country..........
4. Your Phone/Fax Numbers..........

And reply to the procurement officer

Mr. Lee Song

Huatex Import & Export Co., Ltd.
11F Building No.A2,World Trade Center,
Keqiao, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province,
China.
e-mail: lee_songholdings_321@yahoo.co.uk
http://www.huatex.com.cn

Best Regards




Song Lee

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