419 scam: Sam Morse <timmcprivate@freenet.lu> YOUR INTEREST MATTERS...

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Sam Morse <timmcprivate@freenet.lu>
Reply-To: manageruk1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:28:54 +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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