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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: abrasives china <chinaabrasivesmail@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:49:45 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Ref no 0147


Hello Ref no. 0147

First i must thank you for picking up the consideration to be our payment officer via our costumers who are already and able to pay some of the outstanding bills, surprise to say that your role in this endeavoure is to serve as our agent to get to our customers who buys our product and helping us collecting their outstanding money which they owe to our comapany.

Note that Details of your account is not needed in this transaction. Also, as our representative, you will receive 10% of whatever amount you clear for the company and the balance will be paid to the company's account officer.

Therefore, if you accept to be our representative do complete the application form below and send via email :

NAME:.................................................................................................
COMPANYNAME:.................................................................................
ADDRESS:............................................................................................
CITY:..................................................................................................
STATE:.................................... ZIPCODE.........................................
COUNTRY:...........................................................................................
TEL:.................................... FAX:....................................................
EMAILADDRESS:.................................................................................. WEBSITE:.............................................................................................
OCCUPATION: ................................................................................
MARITAL STATUS: ...............................................................................
DATE OF BIRTH: .................................................................................
SIGNATURE(TYPE IN YOUR NAMES): ................................................
DATE:............................................................................................

Very Respectfully,
Mr. Chen Wong,
Regional Manager.





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