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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million us dollars" (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: =?UTF-8?Q?denniswems2003?= <denniswems2003@o2.pl>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 20:28:30 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?FIDELITY=20INVESTMENT?=


Dear Sir/Madam
I am Dennis Wems 3d,Chairman Fidelity
International.The World Largest Funds
Management Company with over $1.2Trillion Capital
Investment Funds.
Neverthless, as Chairman Fidelity Investment ,I handle
all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and 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 over $ 35m
(Thirty Five Million US Dollars) To be specific
from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for
trustworthy individual/firm to stand out as an Investor to
receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from
Fidelity Magellan Capital Funds.All confirmable
documents to back up the claims will be made available
to you prior to your acceptance.
I also suggest you visit the web link below to be better
informed about this project
Meanwhile,I have worked out the strategies and
technincalities whereby the funds can be claimed in
any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.Our
sharing ratio will be 65% for me and 30% for your
assistance while 5% will be for expenses during the
process of the transaction. Should incase you are interested,
Please email me your direct telephone number for discussion
of this transaction in further details.
Sincerely.
Dennis Wems 3d,
Chaiman Fidelity International,
www.fidelity-international.com.

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