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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • mrjames_crosby3@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr James" <mrjames_crosby3@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:52:27 -0700
Subject: FROM MR JAMES



From: Mr James Crosby Fidelity Fund Manager
London & Channel Islands.

Good Day,

I know you will meet this email with surprise, since we do
not know or have not met before. I sincerely apologize for
contacting by email, for a transaction of such magnitude,
but because i do not have access to your direct phone
line,hence my email.

I am JAMES CROSBY,a wealth/fund manager of Fidelity
Investment International,- London & Channel Islands.
Fidelity Investment Group is one of the world's largest
independent investment/fund management
organizations,entrusted with over £650 billion in assets &
$1.2Trillion Capital Investment Funds globally.

Fidelity has 370 investment managers and research analysts
based offices around the world, offering a wide range of
fund investment services to suit all your needs.

Nevertheless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle all our
Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract some
percentage of the Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit
(EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor'sMagellan Capital
Funds.

As an expert, I have secretly extracted over 145M USD (One
Hundred and Forty five Million United States Dollars) from
the Investor's EMRCP now in profile with the investors
portfolio 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.

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 in this transaction.

Should in case you find interest in my intent, then
communicate to me immediately, to stop mefrom moving further
in sourcing for a capable person.

Remember to email me your direct contact phone
numbers/information for more discussion on this transaction.
If I do not hear from you,I will consider it as your
incapability to handle this huge sum, and then destroy this
email.

If you know you will not maintain the secrecyrequired of
this transaction, please do not communicate me.

Indicate your intreseted by Replying to my Private
Email: mrjames_crosby3@myway.com
Sincerely.
Mr James Crosby

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