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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.
  • wooyeng26@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "wooyeng" <wooyeng32@yahoo.com.hk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wooyeng26@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:56:18 +0200
Subject: company representative needed.


Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am an exporter base in China who exports raw materials,such as
Calcite,Barytes,Manganese Dioxide , Dolomite ,Mica , China Clay
,Mangnese Dioxide,Ferrous(Iron ) Oxide,Paints, Rubber, Plastics,
Construction chemicals and i export from Asia and export into
Europe,America and Australia Canada.My company (CMIEC)was established in
2001.I am interested in employing your services,to work with me as
my payment agent with a reward of 10%, of every payment made out to
you,You can help me eastablish a medium of recieving payment on
my behalf for Goods and raw materials i supplied to my customers in
Europe,America or Australia Canada.If you are interested in transacting
business with me.Please contact me via my private email address;
emailbox:wooyeng26@yahoo.com.hk
Faithfully Yours,
Mr.Woo Yeng.

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