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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.
  • unitedasiantradingcompany72@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info.unitedasiantc@mchsi.com (United Asian Trading Company)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:05:58 +0000
Subject: Please Contact Mr Jet Lee Cheng

Dear Sir/Ma,
We are a very small International trading company with our corporate headquarters based in Japan.We deal on raw materials and finished personal care products including live long products.

Due to our competent records we have been receiving orders from AMERICA,AUSTRALIA,and EUROPE which we have not been able to process
competently since we do not have a payment receiving personnel in these
Areas as it is difficult to have payments sent from foreign countries processed within a short time in ASIA.We have decided to recruit payment officers online hence we will be needing a representative to process our payments officers in these areas-due to delays in processing payments from these areas in ASIA.

What we ask:Two free hours daily not including weekends,Internet access
for sending and receiving e-mails,available means of cashing checks at your bank using your existing bank account.

If You are interested to become our Payment Officer in your country, please contact
Mr Jet Lee Cheng
Email: unitedasiantradingcompany72@yahoo.co.jp

Thanks In Advance.

Mr Lee Wong
Director of United Asian Trading Company

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