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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: "Mr.Mikov Michael Elst" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <t7001@att.net>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 14:16:31 -0700
Subject: Investment Plan..

Mr.Mikov Michael Elst,Fund Manager Fidelity Investment International London Uk .
The World Largest Fund Management Company with over
USD1.2Trillion Capital Investment Fund.



Nevertheless, 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 GBP45, 745,
000, 00M) 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 technicalities 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, all correspondence must be on this private box

Sincerely.


Mr.Mikov Michael Elst.

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