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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: Fidelity =?utf-8?Q?Investments=C2=AE?= <norhayati@strateqgrp.com>
Reply-To: Mr Anthony Bolton <mranthonybolton50@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 03:41:46 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: RE: GBP49.8m FUND TRANSFER.


Attention Dear Friend,I am Mr. Anthony Bolton, Investment Fund Manager Fidelity Investments, the World Largest Funds management with over 1.2 Trillion GBP Capital Investment Funds.I got your email address while searching for a business oriented personality and reliable foreigner since I cannot do this business alone. (SO WE MUST NOT LET ANYONE ELSE KNOW OF OUR COMMUNICATION)I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my department,in January 12, 2001, a Citizen of Zimbabwe Oil consultant/contractor and a Miner at KRUGER GOLD COMPANY in several countries like Spain, South Africa, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, India, Venezuela, Libya, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and mostly in Dubai, Hong Kong and China. Mr. Christian Malila Ndou, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit Investment of 49.8million GBP with the Fidelity Investments UK, which i was the person in charge of his transaction.I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, at the KRUGER GOLD COMPANY PTY LTD that Mr. Christian Malila Ndou, died in the plane crash On January 13, 2014, you can confirm it yourself via the website below:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2014-01/13/c_133041605.htm Nevertheless, as Investment Fund Manager, I handle all our investors Direct Capital Funds. having gone through the Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) record files, I have confirmed the total sum of 49.8million GBP from the investors EMCRP which is unclaimed as the investor have been confirmed dead with no trace to funds claim by any member of his family. As an expert, 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 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 as this transaction is confidential.Mr. Anthony BoltonInvestment Fund ManagerFidelity Investments China Special Situations PLCEmail: mranthonybolton50@gmail.com

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