419 scam: "Mr. Douglas Mcdougall OBE"<mcdougall@sit.co.uk> Your respose will be highly appreciated.

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Douglas Mcdougall OBE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dmcdougall39@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:25:06 -0700
Subject: Your respose will be highly appreciated.

Good Morning,

I am Douglas McDougall, one of the Board of Directors of The Scottish Investment Trust Plc. One of the UK`s largest oldest independent self managed funds management company with over £45billion Capital Investment Funds.

Nevertheless, as Scottish Investment Funds Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 1.3% 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 60million) Sixty Million Great Britain Pounds 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 Scottish Magellan Capital Funds.

All confirmed 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 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio should be 70-30. If you are interested,You can state down your direct telephone number, for discussions or you reach me at my cell or relate your interest via my email.

Sincerely

Mr. Douglas McDougall OBE
The Scottish Investment Trust
6 Albyn Place Edinburgh EH2 4NL
www.sit.co.uk
http://www.sit.co.uk/pdf/AR-2008-06-boardofdirectors.pdf

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