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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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: WANLINDA TEXTILES COMPANY <rep_department@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:23:16 -0500
Subject: Dear Prospective Representative,

Dear Prospective Representative,

OFFER TO ACT AS AN INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE.

I AM MR LUI KINAG REP-SUPERVISOR OF WUJIANG WANLINDA TEXTILES
IMPORT/EXPORT. CORP. CHINA.

involved in the manufacture and exportation of textile materials 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 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 LUI KIANG
REP-SUPERVISOR.
WUJIANG WANLINDA TEXTILES COMPANY CHINA

Anti-fraud resources:

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