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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • giueastern2@ubbi.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Giu Lishiju Eastern"<lishiju10@myway.com>
Reply-To: giueastern2@ubbi.com
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:57:13 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Can you assist ?


















Attention;I am Giu Eastern,Funds Manager with Fidelity Investment International.The World Largest Funds Management Company with over1.2Trillion Capital Investment Funds.Neverthless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle allour Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit(EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital Funds.As an expert,I have made over huge sum 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 confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance.Meanwhile,I have worked out the strategies and technincalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.Our sharing ratio will be negiotiable be for incase you are interested,Please email me your direct telephone number for discussio!
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of this transaction in further details.Sincerely.Giu EasternReply all mails to :giueastern2@ubbi.com





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