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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.FELIXLANE" <iysh_bello13@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrfelixlaneprivate1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 21:01:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: MR.FELIXLANE


Oakhill house,130 Tonbridge,
Hildenborough. Kent
TN119DZ,United Kingdom.

Attn:

I am Mr. Felixlane ,The Fund Manager of Fidelity
Investment International.The World Largest Fund
Management Company with over £1.2 Trillion Capital
Investment Fund. Neverthless, 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 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 theclaims will be made
available to you prior to your acceptance.

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.Oursharing ratio will be 50-50. If you are interested,you should send your direct phone number
so we could discuss more on phone as regard the
transaction.

NB:Do not contact my office number or e-mail for
for security purposes,all
correspondence must be through this private e-mail addresss.

Mr. Felixlane
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