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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • ccajapan@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "YOUNG WANG" <wangcca@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: ccajapan@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:07:23 +0000
Subject: BE OUR AGENT

Young Wang
Centre for Contemporary Art
2-6-1 3F Ogura Yahata-Higashi-ku,.
Kitakyushu 805-0059 ,Japan.
Phone +81 93 663 1615
Fax + 81 93 663 1610
Email:ccajapan@yahoo.com
http://www.cca-kitakyushu.org/

Goodday,.

We the Members Board of Directors,.CCA [Centre for Contemporary Art]
are seeking respective Agents in our Canada/America market region.We
produce,exhibit and sell:-Art/Crafts,jewelry of all kinds.We Officially seek
your partnership to establish a medium of getting to our various Clients
with respect to their outstanding payments onwardly to be made through you
to us,CCA [Centre for Contemporary Art,.Japan].

We welcome your revert confirming your interest for these official
collection purpose.Subject to your completion of further Official
endorsements/registration you will be informed accordingly.
Anticipating your interest,forward name,residential/postal address and
phone/fax numbers.
Below is respective consultant of the company you can contact for
further details:-

Mr .Young Wang (ccajapan@yahoo.com)

Thank You.,
Centre for Contemporary Art,.Japan.

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