419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

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Reply-To: sam.morse@europe.com
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:24:33 +0200
Subject: Re: Reply

Hello,

I am Sam Morse, existing manager of Fidelity International Investments Plc. One of the Uk`s largest oldest independent self managed funds management company with over $45billion Capital Investment Funds.

Nevertheless, as Fidelity Investment Money Builder Funds Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 1.3% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of

the Investorâ€™s Magellan Capital Funds.

As an expert, I have made over $70 million 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 confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any

of our Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio should be 70-30. In case you are interested, please do indicate by providing me with your confidential telephone number,fax number and email

address and I will provide further details and instructions.

Sincerely

Sam Morse.
The Fidelity International Investments Plc
25, Cannon Street
London EC4N 5TA United Kingdom.
https://www.fidelity.co.uk/wealthmanager/news-insights/management-change/management-change.page

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