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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: Sam Morse <timmcprivate@freenet.lu>
Reply-To: manageruk1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:13:10 +0100
Subject: YOUR INTEREST MATTERS...




Hello,

I am Mr Sam Morse,Funds Manager of Fidelity Investment International. The
World's largest independent investment management organization;with over $1.2
Trillion 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 $15m US dollars 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 hitches.Our sharing ratio will be 60-40,and in case you are
interested, do email me your direct telephone number so we can discuss this
transaction in further details.

Sincerely,
Mr Sam Morse.
Funds Manager Fidelity Investment International.

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