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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: "David Fisher" <eastgracecorporation@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:33:41 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED.

Dear Friend,

I am Mr MICHEAL NUNN, Foreign Transaction Officer of East Grace corporation
(a company based in the China). East Grace Corporation is the largest one
of professional foreign trade to mainly deal with both the Imp. & Exp. of
textile goods including garments, cotton fabrics, blended knitting goods,
woollen fabrics, silk garments; and toys, ships and vessels, packaged
machinery equipment, hardware tools & electrical tools, air conditioners,
raw materials of western medicine, rolled steels, photographic films, and
cocoa product etc
Merchantile Company.

We are currently running our business from our United Kingdom Office where
we are located for now.We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our customers in 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 glad
to be your partners.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. Please note that your areas of
specialization or occupation is of no relevance to resolve to assisting us.

Please reply to egrep_rep@yahoo.co.uk.
Thanks.

MR MICHEAL NUNN
(Foreign Transaction Officer)
EAST GRACE CORPORATION

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