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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.
• 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.
  • letian_tangle001@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: "tangle0@terra.es" <tangle0@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 18:44:10 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Please Read and Reply


Tangle Investment Inc
Old Wish Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
England
BN21 4JX

Email: ( letian_tangle001@yahoo.com.hk )

Hello, I am Dr Letian Tangle. First and foremost, I will like to introduce to you, Tangle Investment Inc. Tangle Investment Inc is a newly opened company registered and based in UK which commenced operations in 2004. we are into timber business which is majorly imported from Asia and sold to our numerous customers all over the world.

Presently, we are faced with some problems most especially with our payment methods as most clients we have in the United States prefer to pay us with check rather than cash. We find it very cumbersome in accepting such payments due to the new monetary policy in our banking systems here in UK and this is crippling our business. We have numerous customers in the United States/Canada and some other countries and we cannot afford to loose them due to this problem.

We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our payment representatives (Tangle Investment Inc), to act as our clients who shall receive payment on our behalf from our customers in the United States.
You shall be entitled to 10% of each payment you receive on our behalf and this shall be a continuous process.

KINDLY INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE BY FILLING THE BELOW FORM SO THAT WE CAN SEND YOU THE CHECK FOR IMMEDIATE PROGRESS.

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1. YOUR NAME
2. YOUR FULL ADDRESS (WHERE TO SEND THE CHECK TO)
3. TELEPHONE NUMBER
4. PRESENT OCCUPATION
5. POSITION HELD
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Upon receipt of this requested information I shall provide you with the necessary details of how to become our representative. For confidential reasons, please send your response to this email address below:
( letian_tangle001@yahoo.com.hk )

Yours sincerely,
Letian Tangle (Dr)
For: Tangle Investment Inc





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