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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: Carlos Moreno <carlosmoreno_03@msn.com>
Reply-To: <carlosmoreno_private001@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:08:58 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY






From:Mr Carlos Moreno
Fidelity Investments International

Oakhill house.

Please allow me to introduce myself. I am
Mr Carlos Moreno,The Fund Manager of Fidelity
Investment International.Fidelity Investment International is the World
Largest Fund Management Company with over £1.2Trillion Capital
Investment Fund. Neverthless, as The Fidelity Fund Manager, I handled
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 £21, 745, 000, 00 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 Marginal Fidelity 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 50-50.

If you are interested,you should send your direct phone number so we could discuss more as regard the transaction.



Sincerely,

Mr Carlos Moreno
Fund Manager



www.fidelity.co.uk

www.fidelityinternational.com

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