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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.
  • secretarygeneral2007@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "flspo" <flspo@aci-bd.com>
Reply-To: secretarygeneral2007@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:53:44 +0600
Subject: Business Proposal

Attention:

It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our organization. We are
experts in sales of raw materials and exporters to some productive
countries like Canada/America and United Kingdom.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of
getting across to our customers in United Kingdom/Canada and America as
well as making payments through you to us. As our payment receiving agent
to us, it is upon this that we seek your assistance to stand as our
representative in your country, Payment from our America/ Canada and
United Kingdom customers to us are very slow, and that is why we need your
assistant as a representative so that you will contact our customers on
our behalf, and collect their payments for the company. Note that in any
amount you clear for the company, you will be entitle to 10% in each
payment you clear for the company as compensation for your time and effort.

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our
representative in your country. Note that the company will be responsible
for all expense. If you are interested in carrying out this transaction
with us, you are to send your complete details as a safe measure to know
exactly whom we are dealing with and we assure you of a good time working
with us.

FULL NAME...........
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.............
AGE......
STATUS...........
COUNTRY...............
TEL/FAX NUMBERS...........
COMPANY NAME.............
OCCUPATION...............

After we have received the above details from you, we shall get back to
you immediately for further information.

If you are interested in transacting this business with us, we look
forward to hear from you and please make sure you send your complete
details as required to:

Mr. Richard Johnson,
Secretary General.
Email: secretarygeneral2007@yahoo.com.hk

Thanks,

Mrs. Kim Chow Lee,
CEO.
Metallurgical Import & Export Company.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam