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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)
  • "my direct telephone number" (i.e. "call me on my cellphone at the Internet cafe where we scammers hang out")
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447014218307 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL"<dgh788@myway.com>
Reply-To: mr.moore22@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:09:19 -0500 (EST)
Subject: YOUR OWN ROLE










Fidelity Investments International Oakhill house,130 Tonbridge, Hildenborough. Kent TN119DZ, United Kingdom www.fidelityinternational.co.uk

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Morris Moore Moore, The Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment International. The World Largest Fund Management Company with over £147.2 Billion Capital Investment Fund. Nevertheless, as The Fidelity Fund Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and noted an excess surplus been extracted of 1.2% being the returns on Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund. As an expert, I have made over £20, 500, 000. 00, from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Marginal Capital Fund. All confirmable documents to back up the claims in your name as the rightful beneficiary to recieved this funds as one of our Investors, will be made ready and available to you prior to your acceptance to this proposal.

Meanwhile,I have worked out the modalities and technincalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.Our sharing ratio will be 50-50. If you are interested, I advise you to send your reply via email immediately to me, in other for me to furnish you with more details of this mutual investments. You can call me on my direct Telephone number +44 701 421 8307, for futher explanations to your better understanding.

I await your urgent and immediate response soonest. Thanks.

Yours Sincerely, .Morris Moore (Mr)



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