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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Michael Hutton" <don_brown2u@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrmichael.hutton@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:28:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FIDELITY INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL


FIDELITY INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL
OAKHILL HOUSE,130TONBRIDGE,
HILDENBOROUGH.KENT TN119DZ
UNITED KINGDOM.

I AM MR. MICHAEL HUTTON ,THE FUND MANAGER OF FIDELITY INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL.THE WORLD LARGEST FUND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
WITH OVER £1.2 TRILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.

NEVERLESS,AS THE FIDELITY FUND MANAGER, I HANDLE ALL OUR INVESTOR'S DIRECT CAPITAL FUNDS AND SECRETLY EXTRACTED 1.2% EXCESS
MAXIMUM RETURN CAPITAL PROFIT (EMRCP) PER ANNUM ON EACH OF THE INVESTOR'S MARGINAL CAPITAL FUND.AS AN EXPERT,I HAVE MADE OVER
£45, 745,000, 00 FROM THE INVESTORS'S EMRCP AND HEREBY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO TRUST,WHO WILL STAND AS A INVESTTOR TO RECIEVE
THE FUND AS ANNUAL INVESTMENT PROCEEDS FROM FIDELITY MARGINAL CAPITAL FUND.ALL CONFIRMABLE DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP THE CLAIMS
WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU PRIOR TO YOUR ACCEPTANCE.

MEANWHILE,I HAVE WORKED OUT THE MODALITIES AND TECHNICALITIES WHEREBY THE FUNDS CAN BE CLAIMED IN ANY OF OUR 6 CLEARING
HOUSES WITH OUT ANY HITCHES.OUR SHARING RATIO WILL BE 50-50.IF YOU ARE INTERESTED,YOU SHOULD SEND YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER
SO THAT WE COULD DISCUSS MORE ON PHONE AS REGARD THE TRANSACTION,N:B:DO NOT CONTACT MY OFFICE NUMBER OR EMAIL FOR
ANYREASON,MAINLY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES,ALL CORRESPONDENCE MUST BE THROUGH THIS PRIVATE BOX.

SINCERELY.
MICHAEL HUTTON (MR)


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