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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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• 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.
  • arge_china@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "China Metallurgical Steel $ Iron Industry (Arge hydraulic)." <argechinaa111@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:30:41 -0800
Subject: Be Our Representative


Be Our Representative
It is my pleasure to write to you in respect of our
organisation. I got your contact from a chinesse
magazine directory. We are experts in the sales of
Metal Raw Materials.We export into the
Canada/America/british and some parts Europe. We are
in search of a reliable offshore representatives who
can help us establish a medium of getting our funds
from our costumers in the canada/America/Europe/british
as well as making payments through these offshore
representatives to us.
Please, if interested in transacting business in view
of helping us,so our clients could make payment to you
being our representative, we will be very glad.
Compensations will be given and other benefits . Contact
us for more information at my personal e-mail
arge_china@yahoo.com , If this proposal is acceptable
to you.Please get back to me, so that I can work out a
remuneration for your services as our offshore
representative in Canada/America/Europe/british.
Thanks,as I anticipate your earliest response in the
above regard.
Your Sincerely,
Mr. CHIN LAOUNG
Human Resource Manager,
China Metallurgical Steel $ Iron Industry (Arge hydraulic).
http://www.arge.com.cn

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