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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mr George Williams <sarina@strateqgrp.com>
Reply-To: Mr George Williams <mrgeorgewilliam14@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 11:49:07 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: Business Proposal!


Attention: Dear Friend,I am Mr. George William, Associate Director Fidelity Investments, the World Largest Funds management with over 1.2 Trillion GBP Capital Investment Funds.Nevertheless, as Fidelity Associate Director, I handle all our investors Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 3.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annul in each of the investor's Magellan Capital Funds.As an expert, I have made over &pound;49.8 Million GBP (Forty-Nine Million Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling) from the investors EMCRP. I am looking for someone to trust who can stand as an investor to receive the funds as annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Magellan Capital Funds.All documents to buttress the claim will be made available prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I have worked out strategies and technicalities where the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 clearing houses without any hitch.Our sharing ratio will be 50:50% while expenses shall be handled/incurred by both parties capability during the transaction process. If interested email me your direct telephone number, Full name for further discussion about this deal.Kindly reply to this email below to enable me notify you with all protocols, we can only work together on trust and honest as this transaction is confidential.Await your urgent response.Best Regards.Mr. George WilliamAssociate Director London & South.Email: mrgeorgewilliam14@gmail.com

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