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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • infoabrasives@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "chen mao kong" <chenmaokong02@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:06:24 +0000
Subject: GOODDAY.

Hello Sir/Madam,

 

China Abrasives Import & Export Corporation(CAIEC)

E-mail Reply: infoabrasives@netscape.net

 

China Abrasives Import and Export Corporation (CAIEC) is the specialized foreign trade company, which chiefly engages in exporting and importing abrasives raw materials, abrasives finished products and relevant machinery and equipment. The corporation has its head office in Zhingzhou , Henan province, its branch in Shenzhen, Hainan, branch office in Shanghai, Qingdao, liaison offices in Beijing, Tianjin, Xiamen.                                                           Stone Saw Angle Grind   It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our organization.

  We are experts in the sale of abrasive raw materials and we export into America/Canada, Australia and Europe.

We are searching for reliable representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the America/Canada, Australia and Europe as well as legally receiving cash and all forms of payment on our behalf from them as our Representative.

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

Contact us for more information, if this proposal is acceptable to you.(Email: infoabrasives@netscape.net) Please get back to us, so that remuneration can be worked out for your services as
our representative either in America/Canada, Australia and Europe  as your location shall determine.

Please if you are intrested forward to us your phone number/fax and your full contact address. 

We anticipate your earliest response in this regard.
Thanks in advance,
Managing Director,

Chen Mao Kong 
China Abrasives Import & Export Corporation (CAIEC)

For further information and enquiries Contact our office via e-mail
Email: infoabrasives@netscape.net

China Abrasives Import & Export Corporation (CAIEC)

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