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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.
  • maxwell_jack2005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Maxwell Jack" <maxjack@rya-online.net>
Reply-To: maxwell_jack1@safe-mail.net
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:14:51 GMT
Subject: Fidelity Investments International

Fidelity Investments International
Oakhill house,130 Tonbridge,
Hildenborough. Kent TN119DZ,
United Kingdom.
www.fidelityinternational.com

I am Mr.Maxwell Jack,The Fund Manager of Fidelity
Investment International.The World Largest Fund Management
Company with over £1.2 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 US22, 400, 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 to
you prior to your acceptance.

Meanwhile,I have worked out the modalities and
technincalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of
our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.Our sharing ratio
will be 50-50. If you are interested,you should send your
direct phone number so we could discuss more on phone as
regard the transaction, N:B; Do not contact my office number
or email for any reason,mainly for security purposes,all
correspondence must be through this private box:
maxwell_jack2005@yahoo.com

Sincerely.
Mr.Maxwell Jack
Fidelity Investments

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