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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.
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:
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Liang-Chin Lee" <liang-chinlee@lycos.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 09:37:11 -0000
Subject: Information that is confidential & Legally protected Business Transaction
Bank SinoPac, Taiwan LTD,
83, Des Voeux Road,
Central Taiwan,
Taiwan.
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is liang chin lee, I work with Bank SinoPac, Taiwan. I need your
help in this transaction of forty four million four hundred thousand
dollars ($44,400,000.00) for you to handle with me from my bank.
I will need you to assist me in executing this Business from Taiwan to
your country via an intermediary bank. I need to know if you will be able
to handle this with me before I explain to you in full details ? Should
you be interested please send me your full names,private phone/fax and
current residential address and finally after that I shall provide you
with more details.
lee.liangchin1@yahoo.co.uk
On receiving your response, with requested information, I shall in turn
communicate with you and provide you with more details of the transaction.
Best Regards,
liang chin lee.
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