419 scam: "ROLF"<rolfgysin54@gmail.com> attn,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031818448 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- rolfgysin@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ROLF" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rolfgysin@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:39:08 +0200
Subject: attn,

From: Rolf Gysin
Fidelity Investment International
www.fidelity-international.com
Email: rolfgysin@hotmail.com
Telephone: +447031818448

I am the, funds control manager of Fidelity Investment International, UK.
Fidelity Investment International Company is one of the world's largest fund management companies with over £1.2 Trillion capital investment funds.however, as the funds control manager of Fidelity Investment International, 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 funds.

As an expert, we have made over (us$8,500,000.00} from the Investor' sEMRCP between Myself and two other colleagues in this department are of a silent foreign partner whose bank account we can use to transfer the sum of Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.dollars(us$8,500,000.00).This fund accrued legitimately (but discretely) to us as commission from foreign contracts, though our private connections currently in Gambia now waiting when they will hear from me.

Two of my partners are from Gambia why am in UK, making arrangement with the overseas agency where the funds is deposited, we hereby looking for some one to trust who will stand as an investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from fidelity marginal capital funds. All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I will advice you check my company website www.fidelity-international.com
For your perused we have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 clearing Houses without any hitches.

Our sharing ratio will be 70-30 as I understand we will go into confidential agreement with us if you are interested, you should furnish me with your names in full, your contact address and your direct phone number so we could discuss more on telephone as regard the transaction.
The funds is currently waiting to be transfer to any person submitting by us to our overseas agencies for onward transferring of the (us$8,500,000.00) for investment.

Please acknowledge my email.

Yours Sincerely,
Rolf Gysin
Fidelity Investment International
www.fidelity-international.com

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