419 scam: "PATRICK CHAN"<patchann@aol.com> BUSINESS FORSLAG

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
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.
- patkwch@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PATRICK CHAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <patkwch@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 07:19:04 +0800
Subject: BUSINESS FORSLAG

Fra: Mr.Patrick K. W. Chan
Administrerende direktør & Chief Financial Officer
Hang Seng Bank Limited
83 Des Voeux Road, Central
Hong Kong

TIL ATTENTION
Det er forståeligt, at du kan være lidt bange, fordi du ikke kender mig, men jeg har en lukrativ forretning forslag af fælles interesse til at dele med dig. Jeg fik din henvisning i min søgen efter de passer til min foreslåede forretningsforbindelsen.
Jeg er Mr. Patrick KW Chan & CEO Chief Financial Officer i Hang Seng Bank, jeg Obscured business forslag til dig. Jeg vil har brug for dig til at hjælpe mig med at udføre et virksomhedsprojekt fra Hong Kong til dit land. Det indebærer overførsel af store summer af penge. Alt om denne transaktion er juridisk gøres uden problemer. Vær bestræbe sig på at overholde diskretion i alle spørgsmål vedrørende dette spørgsmål.
Når midlerne er med held blevet overført til din konto, vil vi deler i forholdet bør godkendes af de to af os foretrækker jeg dig til at kontakte mig på min private e-mailadresse nedenfor (patkwch@yahoo.com.hk), og endelig, efter at jeg skulle give dig mere information om denne operation. For det første tvinge mig disse oplysninger: -
1.Your Fulde navn (s): -
2.Current kontakt adresse: -
3.Your nuværende Stilling: -
5.Contact telefonnumre
6 Din PRIVATE / CONFIDENTIAL e-mail adresse, hvis den er anderledes
Please, hvis du ikke ønsker at svare, skal du fjerne denne besked og ikke jage mig.
Selv om intet vovede intet lært.
Din tidligst svar på dette brev vil blive værdsat.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Patrick Chan
patkwch@yahoo.com.hk

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