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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: john aggrey <j8ohnaggrey@msn.com>
Reply-To: <johnaggrey50@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:33:44 +0000
Subject: FROM: Mr. John Aggrey



Hello,


I am Mr. John Aggrey The Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment International. TheWorld Largest Fund Management Company with over US$1.2 Trillion CapitalInvestment Fund.


Neverthless,as The Fidelity Fund Manager, I handle all our Investor'sDirect Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return CapitalProfit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund. Asan expert, I have made over US$45, 745, 000, 00 from the Investor's EMRCPand hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receivethe fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Marginal Capital Fund. All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to youprior to your acceptance.


Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities andtechnicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houseswithout any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 60-40.Reach me by return mail ifyou are interested in this proposal so that I will give you relevant details. Sincerely.


John Aggrey
Fidelity Investments International
www.fidelity-international.com
Direct N0: + 447045730267



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