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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +8657762730197 (China, probably a mobile phone)
• 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.
  • delixiconsults100@yahoo.com.cn
  • delixi_consults@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?lui=20danny?= <delixiconsults100@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: delixi_consults@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 22:13:30 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Delixi consults(payment agent job offer)...


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Attn:Regional payment agent

Our ref:DCCL/14VE/cn/06


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Danny Lui,an international consultant for Delixiconsults(import and export) P.R.China and United

Kingdom.

We are Chinese based investors, We are into Oil Blocking Booms and Ropes;Water Supply & Purification-Water Sources: Water Shed/Aquifer Protection

Stabilisation Restoration, Oil Spill Barriers, Slick Decomposition,Coral Reef Rehabilitation, Hydrologic Engineering, Well Drilling, Reservoirs;Waste Management- Refuse Containing: Storage Drums,Tanks,Containers,Sealants, Encapsulation. We are also into export and import of the above mentioned products/equipment.etc.

Delixi Co. Ltd is a newly established firm thatproposed to come up with alot of innovation in the nearest future.

We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our payment agent, who can help us establish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf

for Goods and raw materials supplied to our customers in Europe, South and North America, Australia etc.

If you are interested in transacting business with us.we will be very glad. Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate the mode with which we will pay for your services as our agent in Europe,America, Australia etc.


Please respond to the email address below:

Regards,

Danny Lui

Director,

Delixi consults Co.Ltd

P.R.China.

email:delixi_consults@yahoo.com.hk

Tel:+86 577 627 30197

Activities: Oil Blocking Booms and Ropes etc.





- lui danny

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