419 scam: "MR. JOHN KENNEDY" <johnscot_1112@yahoo.com> 14/08/2010 Happy Weekend

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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.
- +447045709683 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +447006079615 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. JOHN KENNEDY" <johnscot_1112@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: johnscot_12@rediffmail.com
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:10:25 +1000
Subject: 14/08/2010 Happy Weekend

The Scottish Investment Trust PLC
6 Albyn Place
Edinburgh EH2 4NL,
United Kingdom .

Attn:

I am Mr. John Kennedy, the Fund Manager of Scottish Investment International=
.
The World Largest Fund Management Company with over =A31.2Trillion Capital
Investment Fund.

Nevertheless, as The Scottish Fund Manager, I handle all our Investor's Dire=
ct
Capital Funds. As a routine, every investor gets the percentage profit or
dividend from the total cash he or she invested into the company =20
annually. Last
year it was announced that the profit margin was 20% after calculating =20
carefully
I found out that the profit margin was 21.1% that is an excess of 1.2% on ea=
ch
investor so I secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit
(EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund. As =20
an expert,
I have made over =A345, 745, 000. 00 from the Investor's EMRCP and =20
hereby looking
for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the fund =20
as Annual
Investment Proceeds from Scottish Marginal Capital Fund.

All conformable documents to back up the claims will be made available to yo=
u
prior to your acceptance.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby =20
the funds
can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. =20
Our sharing
ratio will be 60 40. If you are interested, you should send your direct phon=
e
number so we could discuss more on phone as regard the transaction.

Please do get back to me through my mobile number +44 704 570 9683

Best Regards,

Mr. John Kennedy
Phone:+44 704-570-9683
Fax: + 44-7006-079-615
Fund Manager Scottish Investment Trust Plc
http://www.sit.co.uk

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