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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: "Mr.Anthony Bolton" <info-fidelty10@o2.pl>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:12:16 +0000
Subject: RE:From Mr Anthony Bolton (FICI)UK.



--
My Dear,

How are you today?
This is Mr. Anthony Bolton, Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment International.
The World Largest Funds Management Company with over 1.2 Trillion
Capital Investment Funds Nevertheless, as Fidelity Fund 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 32.4M British Pounds 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 confirm able 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 6 clearing Houses without any
hitch.
Our sharing ratio is 60:40.You can also send your direct telephone
numbers for discussion of this offer in further details. In case you
are interested, Please email me your Direct Telephone Number for
discussion of the transaction in further details.

FUND MANAGER
MR ANTHONY BOLTON
Address: Oakhill House
130 tonbridge Rd
Hildenborough Tonbridge
Kent TN11 9DZ
Web Site: www.fidelity.co.uk
www.fidelity-international.com



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