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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.
  • mr_john02_investment@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr John Investment <mr_john02_investment@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:31:00 +0100 (BST)
Subject: REPLY ME URGENTLY


Fidelity Investment

I am Mr.JOHN,The Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment International.The World Largest Fund Management Company with over L1.2 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 the claims will be made available prior to your acceptance as every arrangement have been well planned and arranged.
Get back to me for more details

REPLY Mr_john02_investment@yahoo.co.uk

Warms Regards

REPLY ME CALL +44704510576

Mr.JOHN Investment





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