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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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From: Mr.Wang <business-big@cta.cq.cn>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:07:32 +0800
Subject: China auto manufacturer invests Auto assembling plant in developing country and search partner


Cher Monsieur ou Madame:
Nous sommes un ¨¦tranger de commercialisation des investissements de d¨¦veloppement D¨¦partement de la Chine Chongqing Big
Science et D¨¦veloppement (Groupe) Co. Ltd, un professionnelle du fabricant Auto China. Nos produits incluent des voitures, des autobus, des sreies Van, pick-up, VUS, camions, la s¨¦rie Mini Moke voiture produits de la s¨¦rie de la s¨¦rie et le GNC, tricycle GNC, moto GNC. Nous sommes ¨¤ la recherche des partenaires des pays en d¨¦ veloppement coop¨¦ratif pour projet d'usine automobile assemblage, sous forme de coop¨¦ration comprend: la coop¨¦ration joint-venture, cl¨¦ en main, accord de coop¨¦ration, le commerce
Partenaire de coop¨¦ration
exigences et conditions essentielles:
1, ont une certaine force ¨¦conomique, la capacit¨¦ d'investissement de plus de 1 millions de dollars.
2, ont plus de 3000M2 + atelier sur les terres 10000M.
3, les ventes de voitures ont canaux, web ou en voiture de garage / remise ¨¤ neuf une voiture d'occasion, ou avec
l'entreprise li¨¦es aux v¨¦hicules automobiles
4, Pour la mise en place usine automobile assemblage en place locale, la condition la plus importante est la suivante: la
diff¨¦rence entre les droits de douane CBU (compl¨¨tement l'assemblage automobile) et CKD (Completely Knocked Down) devrait ¨ºtre au moins plus de 25%. Si votre entreprise peut r¨¦pondre aux 2-3 termes mentionn¨¦s ci-dessus, s'il vous pla?t remplir le questionnaire ci-joint, puis nous allons discuter de l'investissement et les conditions de la coop¨¦ration en fonction de votre questionnaire d'informations. Nous tenons ¨¦galement

Dear Sir or Madam:
We are an overseas marketing development Dept of China Chongqing Big Science & Development(Group) Co.ltd, a professional China Auto Manufacturer. Our products include cars, buses sreies, Van, pickup, SUV, truck series,mini moke car series and CNG series products, CNG tricycle, CNG motorcycle. We are searching developing country cooperative partner for auto assembling plant project,Cooperation form includes: joint venture cooperation,turnkey,cooperation agreement,trade cooperation Partner
requirements and essential conditions:
1, have some economic strength,the investment capacity over 1 million USD.
2, have over 3000M2 workshop + over 10000M land.
3, have car sales channel, web or car garage/remanufacturing second-hand car, or with the car related business
4, For setting up auto assembling plant in local place, the most important condition is: the customs duty difference between CBU (completely assembly automobile) and CKD£¨completely knocked down£©should be over least 25%.
If your company can meet the 2-3 terms mentioned above, please fill out the enclosed questionnaire, then we'll discuss investment and conditions for cooperation according to your questionaire information. We would also like to welcome your cooperation on trade only, or develop step by step starting from trade to set up auto assemble plant. Why our cooperation can success,because this project has following advantages,
Estimado se?or o se?ora:
Somos una inversi¨®n para el desarrollo en el extranjero de marketing Departamento de Ciencias de China Chongqing Big &
Development Co.Ltd (Grupo), un profesional fabricante de China Auto. Nuestros productos incluyen coches, autobuses sreies, Van, pick up, SUV, cami¨®n, coche de la serie Mini Moke, de la serie y el GNC productos de la serie, los triciclos, motocicletas GNC GNC. Estamos buscando socios de cooperaci¨®n para ,los pa¨ªses en desarrollo Instalaci¨®n para el ensamblaje de autom¨®viles del proyecto, la forma de cooperaci¨®n incluye: la cooperaci¨®n joint-venture, llave en mano, el acuerdo de cooperaci¨®n, el comercio socio en la cooperaci¨®n
requisitos y condiciones esenciales:
1, tienen alguna capacidad econ¨®mica, la capacidad de inversi¨®n de m¨¢s de 1 mill¨®n de d¨®lares.
2, con m¨¢s de 3000m2 + taller sobre la tierra 10000M.
3, tiene canal de ventas de coches, web o garaje / remanufactura coche de segunda mano, o con el negocio de autom¨®viles
relacionados con
4, para la creaci¨®n de planta de montaje de autom¨®viles en su sitio local, la condici¨®n m¨¢s importante es: la diferencia
entre los derechos de aduana
CBU (completamente de montaje de autom¨®viles) y ERC (Completely Knocked Down) debe ser por lo menos m¨¢s del 25%.
Si su empresa puede cumplir con los t¨¦rminos 2-3 mencionados anteriormente, por favor llene el cuestionario adjunto, entonces
vamos a discutir la inversi¨®n y las condiciones para la cooperaci¨®n de acuerdo a la informaci¨®n de su cuestionario. Tambi¨¦n nos gustar¨ªa dar la bienvenida a su cooperaci¨®n en el comercio solamente, o el desarrollo paso a paso, a partir del comercio de establecer auto montaje de la

(please answer to under E-mail box at all box)E-mail; atv@atv-big.com ;yun-work@163.com ;wlwang-big@qq.com; Mr.Weilin Wang Oversea Market Investment Development Dept.of China Big Science&Technology Development(Group)Co.,Ltd, Tel:+86-23-67635049-607Fax;67635036;Mobile:+86-13110143845; Skype:W.L.Wang66; MSN: wlwangbig@msn.cn ;

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