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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • patrichain@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <pachain@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:57:25 +0900
Subject: Business Proposal from Patrick Chain

Greetings!
It is understandable that you might be a little bit apprehensive because
you do not know me,Please forgive this unusual manner to contact you, but
this particularletter/email is of exceptional and very private nature,as by
virtue of my vantage position in Hang Seng Bank Ltd -Hong Kong i have a
lucrative business proposal of mutual interest to share with you.There is no
way forme to know whether I will be properly understood, but it is my duty
to write
and reach out to you,TRUSTING that you will give this proposal a positive
consideration. I am Mr.P. Lee a South Korean,54 years old and happily
married with grown-up children, and i am a Director of Hang Seng Bank
Ltd,incharge of the International Remittance department.I will need you to
assistme in executing a business project from our bank worth US$25.5
Million.These funds were deposited with our bank by a customer of our bank
who is a national {citizen} of your country,who unfortunately died in the
December2004 Asia Tsunami disaster . For more on this natural disaster click
onthese links:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4530000/newsid_45376
00/4537601.stmhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/tsunami.bush.c
linton/index.htmlhttp://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Tsunami-survivors-f
ace-disease-starvation/2004/12/28/1103996558253.htmlhttp://www.global
security.org/eye/and aman-us.htmThe deceased account has been declared
dormants since 2006 and these funds will be confiscated/declared
unserviceable and turned over to the Hong Kong government if the deceased
business associates or next-of-kin did not claim this money;since all
efforts to trace any living relative of the deceased proved abortive,i have
decided that i will have you claim this money as the deceased business
associate/or next-of-kin,since you are from the same country and perhaps
have some similarities in certain areas.Everything concerning this
transaction shall be LEGALLY done without hitch,as i was the deceased
account Officer and all the relevant documents of this deposit were kept
under my care. Please endeavour to observe utmost discretion inall matters
concerning this issue,as i hope that you are asincere,honest,matured person
and above all TRUSTWORTHY.Once the funds have been successfully transferred
into your account, we shall share it in a ratio of 30% for you,65% for me
and my assocaites in the bank and the reminder 5% to take care of
contingencies. I will prefer you reach me on my private email address
below:and finally after that I shall furnish you with more information about
this operation.I am counting on your anticipated co-operation for a
successful and hitch free business transaction between us,that will be
mutually beneficial,for a start oblige me these information:- 1.Your Full
name{s}:- 2.Current contact address:- 3.Your present Occupation:- 4.Your
age:- 5.Contact phone numbers{Office and Mobile{cell}:- Please if you are
not interested delete this email and do not hurt me because I am putting my
career and the life of my family at stake with this venture.Although nothing
ventured is nothing gained,as it is said,the taste of the pudding is in the
eating,do give this proposal SERIOUS AND POSITIVE CONSIDERATION. Your
earliest response to this letter will be highly appreciated. Kind
regards,Mr.Pt. LeeHang Seng Bank Limited Hong Kong.{Asia}Tel/Fax:-852-3017
6607Email:PS:-PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY STRICTLY TO THIS
E-MAILADDRESS:-patrichain@googlemail.com

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