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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: "MAIL Fidelity Investment International" <douglas_rmoore@biz.by>
Reply-To: bruno_2@live.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:30:43 -0700
Subject: CONTACT ME


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Fidelity Investment International
I am Mr.douglas,one of the Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment
International.The World Largest Fund Management Company with over L1.2
Trillion Capital Investment Fund.Neverthless,as The Fidelity Fund Manager, I
handle all our Investor's Direct Capital

Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit
(EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Marginal
Capital Fund.As an expert,I have made over

£45, 745, 000, 00 from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone
to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual
Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Marginal Capital Fund.

All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available prior
to your acceptance as every arrangement have been well planned and arranged.
Get back to me for more details

Mr.douglas

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