419 scam: "Michael Clark"<michaelclark000@fil.co.uk> Fidelity Investment Partnership Offer Urgent.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- michaelclark000@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Michael Clark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michaelclark000@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:16:25 -0500
Subject: Fidelity Investment Partnership Offer Urgent.

From: Michael Clark
Fidelity Worldwide Investments
Direct Line : Upon demand

Dear Friend ,

I am Michael Clark, The portfolio Fund Manager of Fidelity World Investments.Fidelity World Investments is the World Largest Fund Management Company with over GBP1.2billion Capital Investment Fund.Nevertheless, as The Fidelity Fund Manager, I handled all the Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extracted 0.51% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annual on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund.

As an expert,I have made over GBP2,745,000,00 from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby asking you to stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Marginal Fidelity Capital Fund.

All confirm-able 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 60-40.

If you are interested Please kindly reply me asap through my personal email ( michaelclark000@hotmail.co.uk).

Sincerely Yours,

Michael Clark.
Portfolio Fund Manager.

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