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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.
  • hisense_imexcompany@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Zhou Houjian <hisense_imexcompany@yahoo.com.cn> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:20:17 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: company representative needed.


Hisense Import & Export Company. Ltd
Hisense China Pty Ltd
22F, Hisense Tower
17 Donghaixi Road,
Qingdao 266071 China

Compliments of the day to you,
I represent Hisense Import & Export Co., Ltd based in China, and we
have a marketing quota for the year to meet. For this we are recruiting
representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our
customers in Europe and North America as well as making payments through
you as our payment officer. It is upon this note that we seek your
assistance to stand as our representative in your country.

Note that, as our representative,you will receive 10% of whatever
amount you clear for the company and the balance you will be instructed on
proceedings to come. We look forward to expanding worldwide before the
year 2007 and do hope you could be part of the company's development.

Please, to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction if accepted,
do send promptly via email the basic requirements provided underneath
to commence registration processes: you are to send all your response
and require information to this email
address:hisense_imexcompany@yahoo.com.cn

(1) Your full names...............................
(2) Contact address and........................
(3) Phone/fax numbers...............................
(4)Age:.............................
(5)Sex..................................
(6)Occupation:........................

Thank you for your time.

Warm Regards,
Mr. Zhou Houjian
Hisense Import & Export Co., Ltd
Freight Fwdg. Svcs.
Email:hisense_imexcompany@yahoo.com.cn
Website:www.hisense.com




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