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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:

• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Chung Woo" <chungwoocmiec505@msn.com>
Reply-To: chungwoocmiec505@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:39:53 +0000
Subject: PROJECT MAIL....

27h Bao Feng Mansion,
299 Jingjiang Road,
Shanghai, CHINA,

Attn : Sir/Madam,

I am I am Mr.Chung Woo, the Manager of ( CMIEC ). We are a group of
bussiness men who deal on import and export of RAW materials into the
canada,america, and europe.We are searching for REPRESENTATIVE/AGENT
who can help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in the
canada, america and europe as well as making payments through you to
us.Please if you are interested in transacting bussiness 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/AGENT in canada,america
and europe. Please if you are interested forward to us your :

Full Names :......
Address : .........
Tel :.................
Fax : ...............
E-mail : ............
State : .............
Zip Code : ......
Country : .........

Best Regard.
Mr.Chung Woo
Manager ( CMIEC ).

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