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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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Fraud email example:

From: "G B.BOK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gbbok09@aol.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:04:53 -0000
Subject: Hello

Fidelity Investment International
1 DOCK RD,LONDON E16 1AG
London - United Kingdom.

Date: 10/11/2009

Good day,

I am Mr.Gerrit Bok The Global Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity
Investment International. The World Largest Fund Management Company
with over £1.2 Trillion Capital Investment Fund. Neverthless, as the
Fidelity Investment Officer, I handle 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 £7,680,000.00 Million 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 Fidelity Marginal 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 70-30%. If you are
interested, you should send your informations as stated below and your
direct phone number so we could discuss more on phone as regard the
transaction.

I will be needing your informations as follow;

1)Full Names.
2)Postal Address.
3)Telephone(Land & Mobile)
4)A scanned or Photocopy of international passport or drivers licence
5)AGE/SEX.
6)Marital Status.

N:B:All correspondence must be on this box.
Email:gbbok09@aol.co.uk

Sincerely,
Mr Gerrit Bok
Global Chief Investment Officer

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