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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 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.
  • briansmith0022003@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?Mr=20Brian=20Smith?= <briansmith0022003@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: briansmith4life@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 06:37:05 +0800 (CST)
Subject: I WANT TO INVEST IN YOUR COMPANY


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Dear Sir ,

I am Mr Brian Smith a private investor in UK i came

across your project on on the world wide web.



I think it is the kind of project that i would like to

invest in ,which has prompted my contacting you.



I have some reasonable funds in champoin finance and

investment compnay in UK which i would like to invest

part of of it in an offshore project such as yours.

However .this is my first time of being involved in

offshore investment so my attorney shall be handling

the entire transaction on my behalf .If you are

interested in pursuing this further ,please notify me

so that i may forward my full information and the

contact details of champion finance /investment

compnay to you ,in order to enable us work out

modalities.Also i need your full contact details and

phone numbers so that we can discuss.


Please note:A binding agreement must be endorsed prior

to eventual transfer of funds to you for investment .

I look forward to your response .Alternative email

Best regards,

Mr Brian Smith.




- Mr Brian Smith

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