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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 GEORGE ALLEN" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 06:58:54 -0300
Subject: Re: I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY

Hello Partner:
Am George Allen,fund manager Fidelity Investment International.The World Largest Funds Management Company with over $1.2Trillion Capital Investment Fund.
Nevertheless, as Fidelity fund manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Fund and secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP)
per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital Fund.As an expert,I have made over $12m 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 documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance, As a staff with the company it's difficult for me to make entry as an
investor to claim the funds, It will be suspicious & subsequently cost my job with the company. The condition made me seek for your partnership.Meanwhile,
I have worked out the strategies and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.
Our sharing ratio will be 50-50 while 0.5% will be for expenses during the course of the transaction.

if you are interested,send me your direct details for discussion of this transaction in further details.

1 . Your Full name:
2. Your Country:
3. Contact Address:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Fax Number:
6. Marital Status:
7. Occupation:
8. Sex:
9. Age:

Regards,
George.

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