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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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Fraud email example:

From: Cathriene Tzou <cattzou_72@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <cattzou_2@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 04:07:45 +0000
Subject: Strictly Confidential



Good Day,
I am Mrs Cathriene Tzou Jin En the Sole Proprietor of HT PACIFIC CO.jewelry manufacturer and wholesaler in Hong Kong,and we have our owndesign team to develop New designs monthly for our customer.We engaged in manufacturing high quality silver jewelry set with CZand MOP,and 18K gold jewelry with MOP, gemstones and diamonds exportinto America/Canada and Europe.
We are in search of a representative who can help usestablish a medium of getting to our costumers in the Canada/Americaand Europe as well as making payments through them to us.During thepast yearsthere have been mix up in customers makingpayments from different angles so the company decided to search for areliable and God fearing agent who can help my company in receiving andmaking payments from some of my customers in America/Canada and Europe.
Subject to your satisfaction you would be collecting payment fromcustomers we supply goods to in your country. In other words,for anypayment made to you, instructions will be given on how to remit the funds tohe company. By doing this on our behalf you will be paid 10% of veryamount that you collect from our customers.
Payment comes in the form of certified cheque, Bank drafts, and Moneyorders.
The following are required from you:
{1}Full Names.........................{2}Sex.......................................{3}Marital Status.....................{4}Age.......................................{5}Company If Any.................{6}Position................................{7}Full Contact Address.........................{8}Home/Cell No......................{8}Fax No..................................
We anticipate your earliest response in this regardBest regards,
Mrs Cathriene Tzou Jin En
Website: http://www.ht-pacific.com - hp consult- PACIFIC CO. PACIFIC CO.
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