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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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Fraud email example:

From: lee4chen <lee4chen@yahoo.it> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 04:45:24 +0100 (CET)
Subject: BUSSINESS PROPOSAL?



Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr LEE CHEN,managinig director of China
National Arts &
Crafts Import./Export. Corp. we are a group of
business men who
deal on Art and Craft and export into the
Canada/America and Europe.
We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a
medium of getting to our customers in the
Canada/America and Europe as
well as making payments through you to us.Please if
you are interested
in transacting business with us we will be very
glad.

Please contact us for more information.
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 Canada/America and Europe Please
if you are
interested forward to us your phone number/fax and
your full contact addresses. Thanks In advance

Managing Director,
Mr.LEE CHEN

Please for the sake of confidentiality i would prefare you to reply me
via my private email account; l4chen@yahoo.co.in



___________________________________________________________________________
Walter Theilen Maschinen- & Stahlbau GmbH
- http://www.wt-gmbh.info



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