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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Sam Morse" <tim2000@freenet.lu>
Reply-To: "" <corporatefinancialservice@rocketmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:22:52 +0200
Subject: [! SPAM !] Re:Thank you for your response




Dear Friend,

I am Sam Morse, One of the portfolio Funds Managers
of Fidelity Investment International. One of the UK`s
largest Management Company with over $45billion
Capital Investment Funds,
Nevertheless, as Fidelity Investment International
Funds Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct
Capital Funds and secretly extract 1.2% Excess
Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) perineum on
each of the Investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an
expert, I have made over $25.Million USD 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
Investment International. All conformable documents
to back up the claims will be made available to you
prior to your acceptance.
Brief history of funds: I have more than 208
Corporate Investors attached to my portfolio whose
Capital Investment Funds are being managed and
administered by me. This Capital Investment Funds has
a value of over US$19.2Billion. The US$19.2B is been
used for trading in Stock Market, Crude Oil and
Lending with Profit Returns. Every end of year, each
corporate investor is expected to receive interest
from his total Investment Capital Funds. However, I
make an excess of 1.2% from the Investor's Investment
Capital Funds annually which have exceeded our
targeted 20% of Total Investment Capital Funds. This
extra of 1.2% from the 21.2% is been retained by me
as my personal profits for managing the Capital
Investment.
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 60-40, I think this is fair.
If you are interested, Please email me your direct
telephone number for discussion of this transaction
in further detail.

Sincerely,
Sam Morse.



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