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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: "Eco Power" <saleteam@ecoprivatefinancial.com>
Reply-To: salesteam@ecoprivatefinancial.com
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:25:33 +0100
Subject: Europe Agent




Greetings,
I am Wang Kim Sung of Eco Power Hong Kong.
It is my pleasure to write to you in respect of our organization.

We are experts in the sale of solar panels cells and systems.
We export into Canada/America and some parts in Europe.
We are searching for representatives who can help us establish
a medium of getting our funds from our costumers around North America/Europe
as well as making payments through these representatives to us.

Please if interested in transacting business in view of
helping us,so our clients could make payment through you being our
representative, we will be glad, Compensations will be given and other
benefits.

Contact us for more information, If this proposal is
acceptable to you.
Please get back to us in the shortest possible time,
that remunerations can be worked out for your services as our
representative in Canada/America as your location shall determine.

We anticipate your earliest response in this regard.
Thanks,
Miss. Wang Kim Sung
Sales.
Eco Power. Hong Kong
For Thomas Lee.
United Kingdom Chief Agent
11-08-05





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