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

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIAN TUBE MILLS PTY LTD <info@massage.com>
Reply-To: info_austubemills@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:04:18 -0500
Subject: Dear Applicant

AUSTRALIAN TUBE MILLS PTY LTD
146 INGRAM RD ACACIA RIDGE QLD 4110
QUEENSLAND
www.austubemills.com

Dear Applicant,

Australian Tube Mills is one of the world's premier producers of welded
steel tube and pipe for structural, mechanical and low pressure reticulation
applications. In Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, Australian
Tube Mills supplies a significant part of the total market demand for welded
steel tube. With manufacturing facilities strategically located in Newcastle,
Brisbane and Melbourne, Australian Tube Mills effectively covers the major
domestic and Asia/Pacific markets.

We are currently working on expansion into North America, to this effect we
are openning a manufacturing facility which will be strategically located in
that region. We seek your service(s) in this regard, respond to this E-MAIL:
info_austubemills@yahoo.com.hk if you are interested in partnering with us.

If interested in this partnership contract with us, you are to submit your
details/Resume to our Mayfield (Newcastle, New South Wales) base
Manufacturing facility in the UK by responding to this e-mail proposal to
you.

We await your swift response and we look forward to working with you as a
team to achieving this great business venture. You will be furnished with
further correspondence.

Please acknowledge your acceptance or otherwise.

Bruce Kenturgen,
INT'L PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR.
FOR: AUSTRALIAN TUBE MILLS PTY LTD
NB: All response should be mailed to:info_austubemills@yahoo.com.hk



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