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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.
• 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.
  • leefprivatebox@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM MR CLIVE" <mgt_consult10@excite.com>
Reply-To: leefprivatebox@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:35:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: mail






Fidelity Investments InternationalKent TN119DZ,United Kingdom.I am Mr.Clive Whittaker,The Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment International.The World Largest Fund Management Company with over ￡1.2Trillion CapitalInvestment Fund.Neverthless, as The Fidelity Fund Manager, I handle all our Investor'sDirect Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum ReturnCapital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's MarginalCapital Fund.As an expert,I have made over £45, 745, 000, 00 from theInvestor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will standas an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds fromFidelity Marginal Capital Fund.All confirmable documents to back up theclaims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance.Meanwhile,I have worked out the modalities and technincalities wherebythe funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without anyhitches.Our sharing ratio will be 50-50. If you are
interested,youshould send your direct phone number so we could discuss more on phoneas regard the transaction.N:B; Do not contact my office number oremail for any reason,mainly for security purposes,all correspondencemust be through this private box:leefprivatebox@yahoo.com.hk,Sincerely.Mr.Clive Whittakerwww.fidelity-international.com

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