419 scam: "Fidelity Fund Manager Executive"<mr.duce.graham@gmail.com> Message From Mr. Duce Graham

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024087965 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Fidelity Fund Manager Executive" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fundmanager86@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:31:39 +0100
Subject: Message From Mr. Duce Graham

From Mr. Duce Graham
130 Tonbridge Road
Hildeaborough
Tonbridge
Kent
TN11 9DZ

I am Mr.Duce Graham, a fund manager with Fidelity Investment international Uk and I have served here in Fidelity for 19 years as a fund Manager, I am contacting you in respect of Mr.Hill George an American International Oil marketer, who invested the sum of 150,000,000.00 Pounds (One Hundred and Fifty Million Pounds) with Fidelity Investment International in the year 1994 and unfortunately he died in the year 1997 without without informing his relatives or Friends about the invested fund.

I have made a lot of efforts in order to locate his relatives or Friends for them to come and claim late Mr. Hill George's Invested fund here in Fidelity, but unfortunately I was unable to trace his relatives or friends for over 13 years now. From my recent inquiries, I discovered that Mr. Hill died in the year 1997 after little illness.

As a matter of fact, it is obvious that no body is going to come for the fund again in this life because Mr. Hill did not reveal about the fund to any of his relatives or friends. Instead of leaving the fund unclaim here in Fidelity office, I have decided to look for a reliable foreginer who can stand and act as the Next of Kin to late Mr. Hill George. As an insider who knows that real status of the invested sum of 150,000,000.00 Pounds, I am ready to provide you with every information that will encourage you to work with me in claiming this fund from Fidelity Investment such as Investor's Management Portfolio Profile (IMPP) This transaction has nothing to do with risk because I made a lot of inquiries before contacting you to stand and act as the Next of Kin to Mr. Hill and I assure you that will never regret your involvement in this transaction.

If you are interested to work with me in claiming this fund from Fidelity Investment , I will give you 40% of the total fund for your participation while I will keep 60% for my self.

If you are interested, call me on these telephone numbers for us to talk more about realization of this fund +447024087965 or +447759120060.

You can read more about our company via www.fidelity.co.uk

I am waiting to hear from you soonest.

Regards,

Mr.Duce Graham.
Fund Manager Executive
www.fidelity.co.uk

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