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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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• 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.
  • grantyoung_firm@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: "China metallurgical import and export company" <lucasmbeki901@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: grantyoung_firm@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:44:05 -0600
Subject: Representative Required

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am a legal representative of China Metallurgical Import and Export

Company. They have requested that we -Grant Partners & Co Solicitors -

act on their behalf in recruiting capable and dynamic Sales Advisers.

They specialize in exporting quality products at relatively low

prices. We have been assigned the responsibility of helping them

recruit Sales Advisers in Europe and North America. Due to the

ever-increasing customer base in America,canada and Europe they are

searching for

(sales) representatives to assist in meeting the ever increasing

customer demand for their products. Also it has been very difficult dealing

with customers in this region from China because of both time difference

and language barrier.

Headquartered in Zhejiang China, we invite you to join China

Metallurgical asa Representative. If you opt to join China Metallurgical as
a

Representative, your basic task will be Processing Orders and

Receiving Payments

on behalf of China Metallurgical. Please note, in particular, that for

every transaction processed, you will receive 10% of the total

amount. You can learn more about us at:

www.allproducts.com/prc/cmiezhejiang/supplier.html. If this proposal

sounds interesting to you, then take the

first big step and contact us at grantyoung_firm@yahoo.com.hk

with thefollowing details

1. Your Name

2. Your Address

3. Your Telephone Number and Fax

4.company name/occupation

Our business development manager for your region will get in touch and

discuss all the sales prospects with you as soon as we hear anything

from you.

Yours truly,

Grant Young

grantyoung_firm@yahoo.com.hk


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