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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Richard Nelson" <nelson_richard_fid@myway.com>
Reply-To: nelson_richard_fid@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 04:15:09 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FIDELITY


Dear,I am Richard Nelson,Funds Manager of FidelityInvestment International.The World Largest FundsManagement Company with over $1.2Trillion CapitalInvestment Funds.Neverthless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle allour Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretlyextract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit(EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's MagellanCapital Funds.As an expert,I have made over $22.4mfrom the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking forsomeone to trust who will stand as an Investor toreceive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds fromFidelity Magellan Capital Funds.All confirmabledocuments to back up the claims will be made availableto you prior to your acceptance.Meanwhile,I have worked out the strategies andtechnincalities whereby the funds can be claimed inany of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.Oursharing ratio will be 60-40 while 0.5% will be forexpenses during the process of the transaction. Shouldincase you are interested,Please email
me your directtelephone number for discussion of this transaction infurther details.Sincerely.Richard Nelson.www.fidelity-international.com

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