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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447045722908 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Nick Hinds <dralhajibello08@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: hinds.nick@fidelityintll.net
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:14:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Proposal for partnership...


FROM THE DESK OF:
Mr.Nick Hinds
Funds Manager
Fidelity International Investment
#25 Cannon Street,
London-United Kingdom
Phone:+447045722908.
Fax :+448704717614.

I am Nick Hinds,funds Manager of fidelity investment international
UK.the world largest fund management company with over 1.2 trillion
pounds capital investment funds.

Nevertheless,as fidelity Fund Manager,I handle all our investors direct
capital funds and secretly extract 3.2% excess maximum returncapital
profit (EMRCP) per annum on of the investors magellan capital fund. As
an expert,I have made over 49.8 M pounds from the investors EMRCP and
hereby looking for someone to trust who i will stand as an
investor/Shareholder to receive the funds as an 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 technicalities whereby
the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 houses without any hitch.Our
sharing ration will be 55-40 while 5% will be for expenses during the
process of the transaction .should incase you are intrested you are
adviced to forward me your direct phone number through my private email
address: hinds.nick@fidelityintll.net for discussion of this
transaction in further details.

Best Regards,

Mr.Nick Hinds.





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