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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
• 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.
  • chung_xing212@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Chung Xing <chungxing17@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <chung_xing212@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 17:31:36 +0100
Subject: Re:Represent Our Company!!!



HuaMao Arts & Crafts.No.46 Shangnan Road,Shanggan Town Minhou CountyFujian, China
On behalf of China Huamao Arts & Crafts Organization, it's our pleasure to introduce to you our new sales/marketing initiative as we are world leading producer and export of artificial arts and crafts. The company maintains a comprehensive database of inter-national trade in artificial arts and crafts; we export into Canada/America and some parts of Europe.

We got you email address through our company research then we said we should reach you with this proposal if you can help us, Because we are really surfing for a genuine and honest agents who are capable of sales and marketing of our goods and services in Canada, America and some parts Of Europe.

More so., payments are due for amounts from the ranges of $30,000-$500,000. Most times some of our agents agree to collect debt of lower range due to the status of their account in order not to have any difficulty upon clearance of funds. With this we advice that you state to us of what range of amount your account can hold in other to avoid any flaws after our monies are collected by you then we shall give you our account coordinates for you to make a swift wired transfer to us here in China as the case may be We are sure you that you will be entitled to a 10% commission for each collection you make which shall be deducted before any transfer is made.

Our motive is to start off from collections of outstanding debts owed by various customers willing to make out payments now after which agents shall be promoted to sales/marketing section of this programmed based on their credibility¡¦s/accountabilities of debts collected/retrieved.

Please if you are interested fill the representative verification form below so that we can address your agency agreement paper well and This data¡¦s will be sent to our customers, So that they can know how to contact you easily when they are ready to make payment to you.
REPRESENTATIVE VIRIFICATION FORMYOUR PERSONAL DETAILS
Company Name:--Position:--------Full Name:------Sex:------------Age:------------Address:--------Zip Code:-------City:------------State------------Country---------Phone-----------Fax-------------Monthly Income--Marital Satus----

Remuneration can be worked out for your services as our overseas representative. We anticipate your earliest response in this regard.

Regards.

CEO & President(Mr.Chung Xing).email:chung_xing212@yahoo.com.cn.

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