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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Tim McCarron" <timmc0001@msn.com>
Reply-To: tim_mc_01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:30:22 +0000
Subject: Mail Offer.

Fidelity Investments International
Oakhill house,130 Tonbridge,

Hildenborough.Kent TN119DZ,
United Kingdom.

I am Mr.Tim McCarron ,The Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment International.
The World Largest Fund Management Company with over £1.2 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 $22.870
million 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 to
you prior to your acceptance.Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and
technincalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing
Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 60-40%. If you are
interested, you should send your reply as soon as possible so that we can
Commence with the transaction.

Sincerely.

Mr.Tim McCarron
(FUND MANAGER)

www.fidelity.co.uk/wealthmanager/funds/europe/oeicsandunittrusts/european.html
www.fidelity.co.uk/wealthmanager/fundmanagercvs/pdfs/TMcCarron.pdf

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