419 scam: "Ken Cahoot"<operation1@omt.com.au> EMRCP

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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:

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.
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.
- +447024025997 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ken Cahoot" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Kencahoot@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:00:41 -0000
Subject: EMRCP

Attention:

I am Mr.Ken Cahoot, Associate Director, Fidelity Investments,
and the World Largest Funds management with over 1.2
Trillion GBP Capital Investment Funds.

Nevertheless, as Fidelity Associate Director, I handle all
our Investors Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 3.2%
Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit(EMRCP) per annum on
each of investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an expert, I
have made over 49.8million GBP from the investor's EMCRP and
here by looking for some one to trust who can stand as an
investor to receive the funds as annual Investment Proceeds
from Fidelity Magellan Capital Funds.

All confirm able documents to back up this claim will be
made available to you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I
have worked out the strategies and technicalities where the
funds can be claimed in any of our 6 clearing houses without
any hitch .

Our sharing ratio will be 50-50 while expenses Shall be
incurred as per each capability during the process of
transaction. Should in case you are interested.

Please reply and also email me your direct telephone number
for discussion of this deal in further details.

Sincerely,
Ken Cahoot
Associate Director
London & South
+447024025997

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