419 scam: "Sam Morse" <sammorse_fidelity6@att.net> Dear Friend,

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Sam Morse" <sammorse_fidelity6@att.net>
Reply-To: <tim2000@freenet.lu>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:05:41 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I am Sam Morse, existing manager of Fidelity Money Builder Growth 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 Investor's Magellan
Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over £10, 000 00 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 conformable 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 email me your direct telephone number.

Mr. Sam Morse.
The Fidelity International Investments Plc
25, Cannon Street
London EC4N 5TA United Kingdom.

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