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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a check fraud / representative scam (6 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "REXCO GLOBAL IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY UK" <williamsummersuk@msn.com>
Reply-To: replyrexco1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:01:25 +0000
Subject: PARTERN WITH US IN BUSINESS, REPRESENT US IN YOUR AREA

      REXCO GLOBAL IMPORT AND EXPORTCOMPANY 
                          Goods for Import / Export & Freight Fwdg. Svcs.
                                     Units 3A & 3B, Olympic Way,
                                Sefton Business Park, Aintree Liverpool,
                                     L30 1RD, UNITED KINGDOM

ATTN: DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I am William Summers, we are a group of business men who deal on raw materials and export into America/Canada and Japan We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in America/canada 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 our procurement officer, Mr Alex Walter for more information.
E-mail : alexwalter_ukexport@yahoo.co.uk OR alexwalter-ukexport@myway.com

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate the mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in America/Canada.
Please if you are interested forward the following information to Mr Alex Walter

* Your full name

* Your phone number/fax

* Your full contact addresses

* And a brief discription of yourself and your business.

Very Respectfully,

WILLIAM SUMMERS, PRESIDENT
REXCO GLOBAL IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY

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