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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.
  • jumvea@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?us-ascii?Q?KINKI=20COMPANY=20LTD?= <KINKICOMPANYLTD@seznam.cz>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 06:44:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?REPRESENTATIVE=20NEEDED=20URGENTLY?=

KINKI COMPANY LTD
Japanese Used Motor
Vehicle Importer & Exporters Association
3F Takagi Bld. 1-15-6 Nishi
-Shinbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo
105-0003 JAPAN

ATTENTION:

REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED URGENTLY

I am Mr. Eiichi Goto of JUMVEA / Japanese Used Motor Vehicle
Exporters Association, we are a group of business men who deal on Cars and
import/export into any part of the World.

We are searching for a Trusted and Truthful Representatives who can
help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in America, Canada,
Europe and some part of Asia, as well as making payments through you to
us. If you are interested in transacting business with us we will be
very glad.

You would be paid 10% of every payment made through you us. Subject to
your satisfactory we shall be introducing you to our costumers in
America, Canada, Europe and some part of Asia.

Please if you are interested kindly contact: -
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Mr. Yanagisawa Minami
(Personel Manager)

Email: jumvea@excite.com
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You are advice to provide him with the following information:

Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
occupation:

He will furnish you with further fruitful information.


Best Regard
Mr. Eiichi Goto
President

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam