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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <michealgordon@fidelityuk.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:54:37 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR RESPONCE



Michael GordonFidelity-International25 Cannon St.,EC4M,5TA,UK,LondonTel: +447547018676Fax: +447014231631Hello,I am Michael Gordon, Global Chief Investment Officer FidelityInternational Investments, The World Largest Funds management with over1.2 Trillion GBP Capital Investment Funds.Nevertheless,as the Chief Investment Officer i handle all our investorsDirect Capital Funds andsecretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit(EMRCP) annuallyon each of investor's Magallan Capital Funds.As an expert,i have made over49.8million GBP from the investor's EMCRP and here by looking for a contactto trust, who can stand as an investor to receive the fund as annual InvestmentProceeds from Fidelity Magallan Capital Funds.All conformable documents to back up this claim will be made available toyou prior to your acceptance.Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategy on where the funds can beclaimed in any of our 6 clearing houses without any hitch,Our sharingratio will be 55-40 while 5% will be for expenses incurred during theprocess of transaction.In case you are interested, please email me yourdirect telephone number for discussions of this deal in details.Sincerely,Michael GordonEmail: michealgordon@fidelityuk.com

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