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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:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • josephwalsh36@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: walshjoseph36@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:30:05 +0000
Subject: hello


Fidelity Investments International
Babanjida house,Rockvilla avenue
Aso rock Abuja Nigeria
E-Mail: josephwalsh36@yahoo.com

Attn: Dear Beloved,

I am Nick Martin the Funds manager, Fidelity International Investments in Nigeria,The World Largest Funds management with over 1.2 Trillion GBP Capital Investment Funds. Nevertheless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle all our investors Direct Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over 49.8million GBP from the investor's EMCRP and hereby looking for some one to trust who can stand as an investor to receive the funds as annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Magellan Capital Funds.

All conformable documents to back up this claim will be made available to you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategics and technicalities where the funds can be claimed in any of our (6) Six clearing houses without any hitch. Our sharing ratio will be 55-40 while 5% will be for expenses during the process of these transaction.

If you are interested in handling this life changing and promising transaction of mine, please reply via this email address and as well email me your direct telephone number for discussion of this deal in further details.

Sincerely,
Nick Martin
mobile__ 2348063705202

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