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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: "Tim McCarron" <timmccrarron01@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: timmccrarron1962@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:38:16 +0100
Subject: From Tim.


Mr. Tim McCarron



Greetings,



I am a Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment UK and I handle all our
Investor's Capital Project Funds that enabled me to divert 1.2% Investors
Excess Return Capital Funds to our Magellan Trust Funds Account whereby
anyone can be presented to claim the funds.On this note, the total sum of
GBP18M(POUNDS) has been diverted representing the 1.2% Excess Return Capital
Funds from the Investor Capital Project Funds for 2005/2006.I need a
reliable and trustworthy person that can work this deal out with me so that
we can claim the funds as mentioned above. There is no risk attached and the
funds in question can never be dictated or traced. Our sharing ratio is
50:50.If you are interested, please send your direct telephone numbers for
discussion of this deal in further details. I am counting on your sense of
confidentiality,as it is my desire that you keep this business to yourself.

Anticipating hearing from you.



Best Regards,
Mr. Tim McCarron.

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