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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: "George Horswell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <georgehorswell@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:00:07 -0500
Subject: Business Proposal/Investment Manager

Attention Friend.

You will be Surprised to hear from me. I have a Business proposal which I will like us to discuss. I am Richard Mark,one of the international Funds Manager of Fidelity
Investment International. The World Largest Funds Management Company with over $1.2Trillion Capital Investment Funds. Nevertheless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle

all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annual on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital

Funds.

As an expert, I have made over $44.4m 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 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 ration

should be 50-50. Should in case you are interested, Please email me your direct telephone number for discussion of this transaction in further details.

Please send me email to georgehorswell@gmail.com

Sincerely.

Horswell George.

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