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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.
  • lumbiumtrade_group@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Nakata Suzuki <lumbiumtrade_group@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: 1 Nov 2006 00:53:51 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT OFFICER/AGENT URGENTLY NEEDED

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




LUMBIUM TRADING GROUP

22-22, Nagaike-cho,Abeno-ku,Osaka 545-8522 JAPAN.

Tel:81-3-0959-3090/Cel:81-4009-8861/Fax: 81-3-8003-9220

Email : lumbiumtrade_group@yahoo.com.hk



Dear Manager,



We avail ourselves of this opportunity to approach you for the establishment of business relations with you.We are expertize in the sale of raw materials.We export into Canada,America Latin America and Parts of Europe. We are presently searching forRepresentatives/Collector Agents who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Latin America, America and Europe as well as advertising and marketing our products in the specified areas.



Please if you are interested in transacting business with us, we will be very glad and adequate compensations will be given and other benefits as follows.Subject to your satisfaction you will also be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our Representative/Payment Agent.Please contact us for more information with the above email address.



Respectfully Submitted,

Dr.Nakata Suzuki.

PRESIDENT.

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