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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045711285 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • jicl00@hotmail.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: jicl001@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:50:07 -0500
Subject: USA $ CANADA ONLY PLEASE APPLY!!!

JAO INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.
29 Old Broad Street,
London, EC2N 1HQ,
United Kingdom.


We are a subsidiary of Qinghai Huading Industrial Company Limited based in China whose Group's principal activities are
the manufacture and sale of heavy-duty machine tools, food machineries, elevator parts and gear wheel container. Other
activities include distribution vortex engine and numerical control miller and provision of domestic trading services.

We seek the employment of a Company Representative in USA and Canada that would receive payment of sales from our
customers in their region. We were able to get your email address with the help of marketing research based on your
location.

Please be informed that you would be paid 10% share of any received payment for your service. Also we guarantee you a
minimum monthly income of $8,000.00 USD and more depending on payments received for the month.

Contact information:
Name: Jay Brown
Email: jicl00@hotmail.co.uk
Tel: +44 704 57 11 285.

Note that all payments would be paid to you via any of the listed method below:

1) Credit Card Crediting
2) Bank Wire Transfer
3) Equity Line of Credit
4) Checks

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Young Cheng (C.E.O),
JAO INDUSTRIAL CO.LTD.

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