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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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• 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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • fidelity-de@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "nickoloski nickoloski" <waadee1@netcityhk.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:22:20 +0800
Subject: PARTNERSHIP

Greetings to you,

Please after reading this mail and you are interested in what I have to
say please reply to my personal email address:- fidelity-de@financier.com

I am Mr.Nikoloski,an associate Funds Manager of Fidelity FIND De
International.one of the united states america Largest Funds Management Company.However,I got your contact from the chamber of commerce and industry directory & internet data base on my search for a reputable and a reliable person that I can transact a business with, it is my wish to do business with you and the purpose of this letter is to introduce myself to you.And I hope that you will read and reply this mail today.

The Fidelity Investment International is a Funds management and consulting firm,offering business and investment services worldwide, as the Fidelity Funds Manager,I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and over the years I secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made $9.4m from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Magellan Capital Funds.All documents to back up the claims will be made available to you once this funds is ready to be paid.

My main reason for contacting you is for you to stand as an investor and I will present you and back it up with all the documents I have made ready here for this payment, Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 5 Clearing Houses without any hitches.Our sharing ratio will be 50 for you and 50 for me, but 0.5% will be set aside for expenses during the process of the transaction.Should incase you are interested, Please email me your name,address etc,for further details.

Since I cannot determine if this very letter reached you and also your
willingness to Cooperate with me; I have kept this proposal brief.If you are interested in this proposal,please respond to enable us proceed with this transaction,your expedient response will be appreciated as I look forward to hearing from you soonest.Please send all email correspondence to my highly secured & direct personal email address based on the very high level of confidentiality required in the transaction: fidelity-de@financier.com

yours faithfully,
Nikoloski Esq
Director, Foreign Currency Unit
FIDELITY-DE
Sternschanze 6,
Hamburg,
Telex: FIDDE(91081)
Fone : + 49-17-48319178
Facsline:+49-40-73369123
Website: www.fidelity.de
Germany.


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