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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Yusin Doo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mennss01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 03:16:23 -0500
Subject: ...Fidelity Brokerage Services...Ref.: NDFFOWXEKU

I am Mr.Yusin Doo,

Fund Manager Fidelity Investment International Dublin Ireland.

The World's Largest Fund Management Company with over USD 1.2 Trillion Capital Investment Fund. Nevertheless, as The Fidelity Fund Manager,

I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund. As an expert, I have made over GBP 5, 745, 000, 00M) from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone (agent) to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Marginal Capital Fund.

I have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 15/85. If you are interested, Names in full, Nationality, House/Business Address, Phone/Mobile Numbers and Please provide a copy of your driver's license or passport.

All confirm-able documents to back up the claims (should the clearing house ask for them) will be made available to you.

Sincerely,
Mr.Yusin Doo

www.fidelity.co.uk Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
Best ISAs, SIPPs and Funds - Fidelity Worldwide Investment
www.fidelity.co.uk

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