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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:

• 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.
  • gzhang_wakenge271@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?wakenge=20zhang?= <zhang_wakenge271@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: zhang_wakenge18@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:10:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: APPOINTMENT LETTER


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gzhang_wakenge271@yahoo.com.hk




I am Mr.Wankeng Zhang,we are a group of business men

who deal on

importand export raw materials into the

canada,america AND europe.We

are searching for representatives who can help us

establish a medium

of getting to our costumers in the canada, america AND

europe as well as

making payments

through you to us. Please if you are interested in

transacting

business with us we will be very glad. Please contact

me for more information via zhang_come7u@walla.com

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the

opportunity to

negotiateyour mode of which we will pay for your

services as our

representative in canada,america and europe.

Regards.

Vice President

(CMIEC)

www.cmiec.com

Mr. Zhang.




- wakenge zhang

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