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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: DR OMAR BIN SULAIMAN <invest_difc@msn.com>
Reply-To: <difc_loan_investment@live.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:52:45 +0000
Subject: DUBAI LOAN INVESTMENT.






From: Dr. Omar
Bin Sulaiman
Chairman/Director (DIFC)
Dubai
International Financial Center
ATTN:

I wish to
invite you to participate as broker/agent to DIFC individualized equity
investment portfolio management programme.

Dubai International Finance
Centre (DIFC) is the largest Finance Centre in the Middle East. With over £5
trillion private and corporate investment portfolios. We are privately looking
for fiduciary agents and management experts who will be willing to act as
investment portfolio holders and administrators. We currently have a back-log of
an Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) of an average of 1.2% on each
private investment and corporate portfolio under our administration and
control.

And we wish to re-invest this fund by putting it into the
management of private businessmen and corporations with good business ideas that
can generate at least 10% ROI per annum over maximum of 5 years duration. The
fund will be disbursed based on a clear loan of 4.5% interest rate per annum for
5 years renewable tenure of a sum totaling $500,000,000.00 American
Dollars.

All sign-up contracts, briefings and investment portfolio
management files will be handled in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

For
further details please contact me directly for more
information.

Regards,

From: Dr. Omar Bin
Sulaiman
Chairman/Director (DIFC)
Dubai International Financial
Center.
Private E-mail: difc_loan_investment@live.com
Website:
www.difc.ae
The Gate, Level 14
P.O. Box 74777, Dubai,
UAE

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