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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:
  • "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "CAROL PARKER" <carolparker10@rocketmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:10:44 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR


*Hello Dear,*


*I am Mrs Carol Parker,a Chartered Portfolio Manager(CPM) with the
External Division of Nationwide Ich,one of the oldest Clearinghouse
and a major financial service provider in Europe. My primary duties
are investment counselling and Portfolio Investment management in the
FDI sector, these entails managing all sort of investment portfolios
(such as stocks, bonds, futures and future options etc) with a limited
power of attorney to operate clients accounts on the purpose of buying
and selling of shares and other investment purposes that will yield
interest to capital without requiring further client's approval for
investment purposes.*


*I am a British citizen who travels across Europe on a regular bases
due to the nature of my job, What I am about to disclose to you is
highly confidential and I trust that you will not betray the
confidence I am reposing on you. In carrying out my duties as
external investment manager, I handle all our investors Direct Capital
Funds and was able to confidentially extract 1.2% from all Investment
Returns Earned from several investors on the underlying assets over a
period of 3years. From this expertise arithmetic, I am able to
accumulate the sum £2.8M from the investor's EMCRP. The company annual
report has been duly concluded and dividends declared while clients
are much happier with the annual returns than the previous years under
review.*


*I am here by asking you to come and stand as an investor to receive
this fund as annual Investment Proceeds from ABN AMRO EQUITIES UK LTD.*

* *

*I assure you that all well made and successful bank directors and
stock brokers all over the world has participated in one time or the
other in this deduction racket and are still in it today, once clients
are satisfied with the annual earnings the deal is as good as being
concluded.*


*I have nurtured and protected this deal for the past three years and
if I am assured of your interest, honesty and capability, If we both
agree on an acceptable memorandum of understanding, I will open an On
Line Investors Account with Nationwide Ich UK using this accumulated
Fund as initial account deposit for investment. I have master plan for
the withdrawals which I shall forward to you for your perusal.*


*My major reason for contacting you is that I have decided to move this
Fund at this time out of England and to my partner's country because
final external audit has been conducted without trace of the said
deductions. What I need is someone trustworthy to receive the money
for me in a legitimate manner of a stock investor and I hope you might
fit that profile.*


*I have made all the arrangements and plans to enable me to move the
money from England to a country of my choice without hindrance. For
your assistance and help in receiving this money, you will benefit a
reasonable part of the total money as we may both agree. Please help
to clear this money it has been here for three years without traces.
This is a racket for the intellectuals, core/real investors and still
remain sacred to the public.*


*I am not in any way seeking for any financial assistance because i have
made all necessary arrangement on this,all i want is your assistance.*


*Should you be interested, please email me with your consent for
further discussion.*


*Yours faithfully,*

*Mrs Carol Parker.*

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