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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: Micheal Glass <govaloffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officeindesk10@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:09:04 +0100
Subject: Attention Sir

Attention Sir

Fidelity Investments International
25 Cannon Street London EC4M 5TA
United Kingdom.

This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person
nor by correspondence, but i believe it is one day that you got to
know someone either physical or through correspondence.

I am Mr. Mr Micheal Glass, Associate Director of Fidelity Investment
International. The World Largest Funds Management Company with over
$1.2 Trillion Capital Investment Funds. Nevertheless, as Fidelity
Associate Director, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds
and secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP)
per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an
expert, I have made over GBP 30.5m 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. You can view the site:
http://www.fidelity.co.uk/wealthmanager/contactus/index.html

I have determined to work this deal with you if you can do the
business. If you can be trusted, you would then stand in to receive
the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from the Magellan Capital
Funds as an Investor. If you are interested, please let me know for
more discussion of this deal in further details. I am counting on your
sense of confidentiality, as it is my desire that you keep this
business to yourself. Thanks for your understanding co-operation. At
the moment, I'm compelled not to issue more details about this
business until your positive response is received.

All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available
to you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I have worked out the
strategies and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any
of our 12 clearing Houses without any hitches.

Please take a moment of your time schedule to read this and send your
response. Stay well and keep me posted. Thank you for your time and
attention.

Sincerely,

Micheal Glass

Telephone number 447452392056
whatsApp 447723486629
Fidelity Investments International
25 Cannon Street London EC4M 5TA
United Kingdom.
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS
officeindesk10@gmail.com

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