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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • konotpk@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kono tracypack <ktrapk@msn.com>
Reply-To: <konotpk@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 15:45:47 +0000
Subject: I wait your positive answer



Fidelity Investments International
Oak hill house, 130 Tonbridge,
Hilden borough, Kent TN119DZ,
United Kingdom.
www.fidelityinternational.com


RE: FOR YOUR CONSULTATION

Let me start by introducing myself before I introduce the business that made me to contact you. My name is Kono Tracy pack, one of the international Funds Manager of Fidelity Investment International, the World Largest Funds Management Company with over $1.2Trillion Capital Investment Funds.

Nevertheless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over $22.4m from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Magellan Capital Funds. 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 whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our Clearing houses without any hitches. I am offering you 35% of the total money for your partnership in this business if you can assist me in this transaction, please get back to me through email stated below and include your direct telephone number in the mail for discussion of this transaction in details.

Yours Faithfully,
Kono Tracypack
Telephone:+44-7924020886
Private Email: konotpk@yahoo.co.jp
Website: www.fidelityinternational.com

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