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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:
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.George Melvin," <gtmail888@bigmir.net>
Reply-To: gtmail77@o2.pl
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:30:53 +0200
Subject: URGENT


From: Mr.George Melvin,
Fidelity Investment International,
1 bank top mickleton barnard castle dl12 0jh
Hello Dear,
I am Mr.George Melvin, Funds Manager of Fidelity Investment International.
The World largest Funds Management Company with over $1.2 Trillion Capital
Investment Funds. Nevertheless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I Handle all our
Investor's Direct Capital Funds and Secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum
Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan
Capital Funds.
As an expert, I have made over Us$36Million (Thirty Six Million Dollars from
the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking For someone to trust who will stand
as an Investor to Receive the funds as 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 Clearing
Houses without any hitches.
Our sharing ratio will be 50/50, Should incase you are interested, Please
email me back Or call me on my mobile phone number or provide me With your
Contact office/mobile Cell phone number for discussion of this Transaction
in further details.
Sincerely
Mr.George Melvin.

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