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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: "Osika Art Craft" <osikaartcrafts149@msn.com>
Reply-To: osikaartcrafts@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:57:50 +0000
Subject: WORK FROM HOME? JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NORTHERN AMERICANS

OSIKA ART&CRAFTS

SAITAMA-KEN, TOKOROZAWA

MINAMI NAGAI 453-1

YAYOI-UNSO

TOKOROZAWA-SHI, JAPAN

Tel &Fax 81-344-964915

Ref=108-37

I am mr David Abbott the ceo of (OSIKA ARTS & CRAFTS).Orignally from the United Kingdon currently residing in the Japan .We are group of business people who deal on finished products like(basket, photo frame cramicspot, candle hoder, furnitures, resin products and others),. We export these products into northern America. For sales.

Brief introduction of the company.

Since 2001, the company has been in line of various kinds of products such as flower baskets, food baskets, furniture, pet toy and so on, in total about several thousand items. They are mainly made of local naturals traw,bamboo, wood, rattan, iron etc; not only for practical use exported to southeast Asia, Europe, America and scores of countries and sizes,novel designs, exquisite workmanship and elegant styles. Our Concept is to offer varieties of designs, high quality, reasonable Prices and prompt date, which have won us a great reputation.We are sincerely expecting your enquires, business talks and orders according to our sample designs. As always, we are pleased to serve you at the best.

We are searching for representatives in the U. S. A and CANADA who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in this region as well as means of payments from our clients. If you are interested in standing in for them.Please contact us via Email for more information. Based on your acceptance you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your remuneration for your services as our representative in Canada/America. Please If you are interested forward to me your phone/fax number and your full contact addresses. I am honest to say this job offer is 100% risk free and there shall not be any financial obligation from your part.

The requirements for the candidates are:

-Being energetic,responsible,honest and industrious

-Being under 80 years old

-having a few(1-2)spare hours daily

-having a bank account

-having a landline or mobile phone.

-having an E-mail

-Good credit report/criminal report.

Once you are able to meet all the above listed requirements you should try to apply for an offered position.Our company remains one of the most successful distributors of the Art & Craft manufactured by (OSIKA ARTS & CRAFTS).Recently our profit has increased so much and we have decided to expand into the markets of UK,Australia,Canada and U.S.A.The duties of the financial manager in these countries requires recieving payments from our customer in the nearest region

regards.

David Abbott,
OSIKA ART & CRAFTS,
CEO.

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