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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million british pounds" (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.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • abcd2006@138mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "abcd2006" <abcd2006@138mail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:28:13 -1200
Subject: PRIVATE AND URGENT


Dear friend goodday,
I am Mr. David Bartlet,one of the Funds Manager of Fidelity
Investment International.The World Largest Funds Management
Company with over $4.2Trillion Capital Investment
Funds.Neverthless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle some
of our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and privetly 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 BPS.12m ( twelve million British
Pounds sterling).From the Investor's EMRCP and hereby
looking for someone to trust who will stand in 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.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 40-60 Should incase you
are interested,Please email me immediatly for more details.
Sincerely.
Mr. David Bartlet
Funds Manager of Fidelity
Investment International.
www.fidelity-international.com
Note:please reply through mr private email contact:
abcd2006@138mail.com






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