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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: "Mr. Reuben Smith." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <desk.reubensmith@hotmail.com.au>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:54:14 -0500
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL


Sir,

I am Mr. Reuben Smith, Officer with Fidelity Investment International (FII) in England United Kingdom, the World Largest Fund Management Company
with over £1.2 Trillion Capital Investment Fund. Nevertheless, 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 £7,500,000.00 (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Only) 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.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for the transfer. I have all necessary information and legal Documents needed to back you up for the claims. All
I require from you is your honesty and maximum co-operation which this transaction deserves. I guarantee that this will be executed under 100%
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law

I have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. If you are
interested please contact me on my private E-mail: desk.reubensmith@hotmail.com.au

Sincerely,
Mr. Reuben Smith.

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