419 scam: "Mr. John Kennedy" <digital203@att.net> Re: Happy New Year...

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
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.
- +447045750276 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. John Kennedy" <digital203@att.net>
Reply-To: <project1150@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:48:52 +0100
Subject: Re: Happy New Year...

JOHN PAUL KENNEDY. FROM SCOTTISH INVESTMENT PLC.

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

Dear friend,

I am Mr. John Kennedy, the Fund Manager of Scottish Investment International. The World Largest Fund Management Company with over £1.2Trillion Capital Investment Fund.

Nevertheless, as The Scottish Fund Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds. As a routine, every investor gets the percentage profit or dividend from the total cash he or she invested into the company annually. Last year it was announced that the profit margin was 20% after calculating carefully I found out that the profit margin was 21.1% that is an excess of 1.2% on each 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 an expert, I have made over £45, 745, 000. 00 (Forty five million and seven hundred and forty five thousand British Pounds Sterling) 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 Scottish Marginal Capital Fund.

Finally,I have succeeded in getting the letter of declaration from the British crown court and the statement from Scottish Investment Plc will be further attached in my next mail prior to your positive response to handle this investment claim with trust and honesty.

Further more i have confirmed that our clearing houses in Spain, Canada,Belgium,Holland,Dubai,Malaysia,Indonesia,United Kingdom and China will give perfect service in delivering the cash crate or bank T.T wire (depending our choice order). So if you are interested in getting the money in cash, i can get the company to release the funds to you in cash as you will stand as the legal beneficiary to this fund as I am going to use your Personal Data Information(PDI) as the beneficiary to this fund. Then after this Claim we share the treasure 60/40%.
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But if you want us to settle for a Bank to Bank wire transfer, you then would have to send me your account details but this means is quite more cumbersome due to the cost we are going to pay more for this cos we must get Clearance Certificates from the relevant authorities to indicate our funds are funds are not of any Illegal means or terrorism funding or Drug whatever.

I prefer us using a clearing house cos we are going to spend less cash to execute the deal and you have the opportunity to deal with the company's staff directly. So i need you to tell me which mode of payment you prefer in your subsequent mail to me.

Hope to hear back from you urgently.
Have a nice day.

Regards,
John Paul Kennedy.
Senior Fund Manager,
Scottish Investment Plc.
Telephone: +4470457 50276

N.B after i get a Confirmatory reply from you, i am going to get other Documents we need to execute this transaction.

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