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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: "c moreno" <carlmo1230@gmail.com>
Reply-To: carlmo3030@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:32:32 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL!!!


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment UK and have used my position as
the Head of Fund Manager Executive to acquire the sum of $34.5 Million
through extraction of 1.2% of our Investors Return On Investment (ROI)that
are been paid annually to our Investors world wide.This Financial Proposal
might interest you and would like you to get back to me only if interested
for more detail.

I would like you to work with me as a Partner for the receipt of this funds
in your account through proper banking channels with sharing ratio of 50:50.
Please could you email me your official telephone numbers for discussion of
this matter in further details.However,this offer is risk free without any
illegal implication attached.

Looking forward to hearing from you shortly.

Sincerely,

Carlos Moreno

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