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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • info_wongswec3@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Wongs Wec Electronics Ltd" <wongswec05@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: info_wongswec3@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:33:56 +0000
Subject: Wongs Wec Company Inquiry!

 

Wong's International Japan Inc.
7-19-20, Shimbashi, Minato-ku,
125-1004, Tokyo, Japan

 Dear friend,

 

   I am Mr Chin Wong ,managing director of japan
 National electronics Import./Export. Corp. we are a group of
 business men who deal on Electronics and export into the
 Canada/America and Europe.

 

  We are searching for representatives who can help us  establish a  medium of getting to our customers 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 us for more information.

 

 Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in Canada/America and Europe and Please if you are interested forward to us your

 

First Name :.........................
Middle Name :  ...........................
Last Name :  ..........................
Gender :  ...............................
Age:  .............................
Marital Status :  .................
Nationality :  .......................
Religion :  ..........................
Occupation :  ..........................
Contact address1 :  ...................
City :  ................................
State/Province : ........................
postal Code :  .............................
Mobile phone No : .............................
House Phone No :   ..............................
Fax No : .........................................

 

Thanks In advance, You are adviced to forward these informations via
email as soon as possible to enable us attend to your file.

Managing Director,

 

 Mr.CHIN WONG,
 Please for the sake of confidentiality i would prefare you to
 reply me via my private email account: info_wongswec3@yahoo.co.jp

 

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