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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: Carlos Moreno <anto_franchz@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: carlosmorano27@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:14:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Partnership Offer:


Dear Sir,

This Financial Proposal might interest you and would like you to get
back
to me only if interested for more detail. I work with Fidelity
Investment
UK and have used my position as the Head of Fund Manager Executive to
acquire the sum of $34.5 Million through extraction of 1.2% of our
Investors Return On Investment (ROI)that are been paid annually to our
Investors world wide.

I would like you to work with me as a Partner for the receipt of this
funds in your account through proper banking channels with sharing
ratio
of 50:50.Please could you email me your official telephone numbers for
discussion of this matter in further details.However,this offer is risk
free without any illegal implication attached.

Looking forward to hearing from you shortly.

Kind Regards,

Carlos Moreno

www.fidelity.co.uk



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