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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "commission of 10%" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: Yukio Kin <yukio_kin009@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:20:29 +0800 (CST)
Subject: PROJECT MAIL REF NO 0101


Kanazawa Action Metallic Product Co. Ltd.
2-21-1 Ikedamachi, Kanazawa.
Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Tel: 0081762347555
Fax: 852-301-45482
Hello Ref no. 0101,

First I must thank you for picking up the consideration to be our payment officer via our costumers who are already and able to pay some of the outstanding bills, surprise to say that your role in this endeavoure is to serve as our agent to get to our customers who buys our product and helping us collecting their outstanding money which they owe to our company, you will be given a commission of 10% for any payment made to you and you will be given instruction on how to remitte the balance funds to us in turn.

Importantly, we are a corporate company and we do not require your out of pocket money instead we pay you for your services hence this partnership. Please be advice that we will have to begin the necessary process of approving you as our agent/partner on our receipt of your understanding and your sincere abilities.

On our receipt of your mail we will inform you on the next step to follow as regards our approval for you to being our representative in your province.

Please send to us your,

1.Full Names:
2.Company Name:
3.Contact Address:
4.State:
5.Age:
6.Country:
7.Phone number:
8.Fax Number:
9.Occupation:
10.Email:

Note: Endeavor to indicate your reference number as above in all of your correspondence with us.

Thanks in advance.
Mr. Yukio kin.
PLS: ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL.



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