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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: "Dr Mathew Wright" <mathew@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: personalonly@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:26:03 -0300 (ART)
Subject: Reply Fidelity Investment now




Fidelity Investments International
Oakhill house,130 Tonbridge,
Hildenborough. Kent TN119DZ,
United Kingdom.



Greetings to you,
Please after reading this mail and you are interested in what I have to
say please reply to my personal email address (personalonly@hotmail.com)


I am Dr Mathew Wright, the Funds Manager of Fidelity Investment
International. The United Kingdom Largest Funds Management Company, I got
your contact from the chamber of commerce and industry directory on my
search for a reputable and a reliable person that I can transact a
business with, it is my wish to do business with you and the purpose of
this letter is to introduce myself to you. And I hope that you will read
and reply this mail today.


The Fidelity Investment International is a Funds management and consulting
firm, offering business and investment services worldwide, as the Fidelity
Funds Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and over
the years I 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 $9.4m 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
documents to back up the claims will be made available to you once this
funds is ready to be paid.


My main reason for contacting you is for you to stand as an investor and I
will present you and back it up with all the documents I have made ready
here for this payment, Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and
technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing
Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 50 for you and 50
for me, but 0.5% will be set aside for expenses during the process of the
transaction. Should incase you are interested, Please email me your name,
address etc, for further details.


Since I cannot determine if this email is still functional and also your
willingness to Cooperate with me; I have kept this proposal brief. If you
are interested in this proposal, please respond to enable us proceed with
this transaction, your expedient response will be appreciated as I look
forward to hearing from you soonest. Please send all email correspondence
to my personal email address. Please reply this mail to:
(personalonly@hotmail.com)


Sincerely,
Dr Mathew Wright
Fidelity Investments International
Oakhill house, 130 Tonbridge,
Hildenborough. Kent TN119DZ,
United Kingdom.





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