419 scam: "Duce Graham" <jeffreygundlach01@hotmail.com> From Mr. Jeffrey Gundlach

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 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.
- jeffreygundlach01@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Duce Graham" <jeffreygundlach01@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:16:47 +0600
Subject: From Mr. Jeffrey Gundlach

From Mr. Jeffrey Gundlach
130 Tonbridge Road
Hildeaborough
Tonbridge
Kent
TN11 9DZ

I am Mr.Jeffrey Gundlach, 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, contact me via same email:
jeffreygundlach01@hotmail.com for more details.

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

I am waiting to hear from you soonest.

Regards,

Mr.Jeffrey Gundlach.
Fund Manager Executive
www.fidelity.co.uk

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