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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • sulaiman.privacy@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: sulaiman.privacy@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:50:02 -0800
Subject: Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Private invitation


*De**ar Sir,**
I wish to invite you to participate as broker/agent to DIFC individualized
private equity management programmed.
Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) is the largest finance centre in
the Middle East. With over £1 trillion private and corporate investment
portfolios. We are privately looking for fiduciary agents and management
experts who will be willing to act as investment portfolio holders and
administrators. We currently have a back-log of an Excess Maximum return
Capital Profit (EMRCP) of an average of 1.2% on each private investment and
corporate portfolio under our administration and control. And we wish to
re-invest this fund by putting it into the management of private businessmen
and corporations with good business ideas that can generate at least 10% ROI
per annum over maximum of 5 years duration. The fund will be disbursed based
on a clear loan of 4.5% interest rate per annum for 5 years renewable
tenure.

*

*All sign-up contracts, briefings and investment portfolio management files
will be handled in Dubai, United Arab Emirates*
*For further details please contact me directly for more
information...(Please keep very personal)**
Thank you.
*

*H.E Dr Omar Bin Sulaiman الدكتور عمر بن سليمان **
Director Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC)
**www.difc.ae* <http://www.difc.ae/>
*Private Email:**sulaiman.privacy@gmail.com *

*Â(c) Dubai International Financial Centre 2008. *

*All Rights Reserved.*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam