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

Fraud email example:

From: "mr lee suzuki" <pmecpmec@confirmation2006.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:19:13 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: WORK WITH US


Good day,

We are Manufactures, exporters and distributors of
Electricalappliances Like Digital
Multimeter, Analogue Multimeter,
Power Supply, Bench. Instrument, Digital Clamp and others from Hong
Kong, Japan. PRECISION MASTECH ENTERPRISES COMPANY (PMEC) was
established in 1987 in Manufacturing analogue and digital multi-meters
and various testing Instruments, we export of these varieties of
product mainly to America,Europe.

We are searching for a reliable
affiliate who can serve as a Partner/debtrecovering agent in your
region, it will attracts you good.Benefits as you involve in this
lucrative venture please, if interested to Work with us in other to
facilitate this onward development you should Indicate your
intentions. fill in the blank spaces below:

1. Your full Names
2. Your Full Contact Address
3. State/Country
4. Your Phone/Fax Numbers
To the desk of CEO
Lee Suzuki
Hong Kong
reply email: ceo_leesuzuki@excite.com
Room 1708-9 Hewlett Center
Hoi Yuen
Rd, Kwun Tong,
Kowloon, Hong
Kong.
Thanks for
your co-
operation.
Lee Suzuki

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