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

Fraud email example:

From: "ARTIX INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED" <online2007@core.com>
Reply-To: tan_wanglee@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:22:50 -0400
Subject: WORK WITH US AND GET PAID 10


ARTIX INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED
UNIT 1006,HUNG TAI INDUSTRIES
BUILDING 37-39 HUNG
ROAD,KWUN TONG KOWLOON,
HONGKONG.

Attention SIR/MADAM,
I am Mr. TAN WANG LEE,managing director of artix industries company
limited IMPORT./EXPORT. CORP. hong kong. we are a group of business men
who deal on electronics and export into the Canada/America, middleeast
and Europe.
We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium
of getting to our customers in the Canada/America , middle east 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
if which we will pay you for your services as our representative in
Canada/America,middle east and Europe. Please if you are interested
fill his form and forward to us via email
contact:tan_wanglee@yahoo.com.cn
(a) FULL NAME:.
(b) ADDRESS :...........CITY:............STATE:.............
(c) OCCUPATION:..........
(d) AGE:..................
(e) SEX:............
(f) PHONE NUMBER:..........
(g) FAX:..............
(h) C0UNTRY:............

Managing Director
Mr Tan Wang Lee.
(852)2336 5803.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam