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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • hanweizhi@mail2china.com

Fraud email example:

From: "CITIC GUOAN GROUP CHINA" <mak@hitex.co.in>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:13:34 +0530 (IST)
Subject: COMPANY ASSISTANCE

Rm. C, 16F, Bldg. 2, 3500,
Kai Xuan Road,
Shanghai, China
www.guoan.com.cn


Dear Sir/Madam,


First and Foremost,i wish to introduce to you CITIC GUOAN
GROUP Ltd.This company was established in 2005 and also
Registered with the chinese Government.This Company is
based in China and have severals Branches in Asia.

We are Basically Into Building materials as well as Build
Gagantic Buildings and we export the Materials for
Construction of GIGANTIC Stadium.

Presently,we are faced with some problems most especially
with our payment methods as most of our clients we have in
United States of America who prefer to pay us VIA
CHEQUE/WIRE TRANSFER INTO YOUR HELOC BANK ACCOUNT FROM
THEIR HELOC ACCOUNT that you will provide for us Later
Rather than cash.we Find it very cumbersome in accepting
such payments method due to the new monetary policy in our
banking systems here in China and this is crippling our
business as the nature of our business is capital
intensive.


We have numerous customers in United States of America and
we cannot afford to loose them due to this problem we are
facing.


We hereby request for your candid hand in partnership to
act as our payment Reciever Officer for CITIC GUOAN GROUP
CHINA,YOU will now receive payment on Behalf of our
Company from our Customers in United States of America
from their HELOC BANK ACCOUNT into YOUR HELOC BANK
ACCOUNT/BY CHEQUE.

Your Benefit is 10% for each payment you receive on our
Behalf and this shall be a continous process.

To indicate your interest please send to us

Full Names:
Your Contact Address:
Telephone and Fax Number:
Occupation:
Age:
Name of Company,if any:

Upon Receipt of this Requested informations,i shall
provide you with the necessary Details of how to finally
become our Company Payment Receiver Officer and is RISK
FREE.

Please send your Response to the EMAIL:

Hanweizhi@mail2china.com

Your Sincerly
Engr.Han Izhi(CEO).
CITIC GUOAN GROUP.
www.guoan.com.cn

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