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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: <stansky776@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:46:56 +0000
Subject: From:Robert Stansky(Reply Kindly)





Dear Partner,

I am Robert E.Stansky,Funds Manager of Fidelity Investments International.The World Largest Funds Management Company with over US$1.2Trillion Capital Investment Funds.

Nevertheless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 1% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Capital Funds.As an expert,I have made over US$72.4m from the Investor's EMRCP 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.All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance.

www.Fidelity-International.com:

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 negotiable 10% will be for expenseS during the process of the transaction. Should in case you are interested,Please email me your direct telephone number for discussion of this transaction in further details.

Yours Sincerely

Robert E.Stansky




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