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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.
  • jang_chung@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.jang chung" <dr.jang_chung1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dr.jang_chung@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:54:17 +0100
Subject:































Dr. Jang Chung
Vice President, Custody and Clearing
HSBC Bank plc
8 Canada Square, Level 24
London E14 5HQ

Dear Friend,

Through some discreet search from my local chambers of
commerce, you were revealed as being quite astute in
Entrepreneurship. One has no doubt in your ability to
handle an international business of considerable
TRUST, which may form the bedrock of an extensive
business partnership in the future.

PROPOSITION:
Presently in my bank here in the United Kingdom we
have an estate,which has remained unclaimed since 1999. And the
estate will be converted to UNCLAIMED DEPOSIT and
therefore forfeited if nobody comes forward to lay
claim to the deposit before the end of this financial
quarter, as is the practice and also indicated in the
EU banking guidelines.

It may interest you to know that we have secured from
the probate registry of the High Court an order of
mandamus to locate and transfer the rights and
privileges of the Estate to any of the account's
beneficiaries. This is why I am contacting you.
I now seek your understanding to have you stand as
the Beneficiary to the deceased person. Do not
be bothered as I will carefully and legally work out
all necessary documents in your favor as the new
Beneficiary to the Estate.

I want to count on you as a person of respect and
honest disposition and hope that you will handle this
transaction with all maturity and confidentiality it
deserves.

In order to get the process started, I would require
that you contact me immediately through my private mailbox dr.jang_chung@yahoo.co.uk
You should send your telephone number, your fax number and your contact address.

Keep this information to yourself.I have reposed my
confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.

Reply immediately.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Jang Chung.

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