419 scam: "Dr Kitti"<officeurgent@yahoo.co.nz> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

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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:
- "discussion of this transaction in further details" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hinds.fidelity@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447031859031 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Kitti" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kittianuakchambers@live.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:23:53 +0700
Subject: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

Fidelity Investment International
25 Cannon Street
London EC4M 5TA,
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-7031859031
Email: hinds.fidelity@live.com
www.fidelity.co.uk

Attention:

My name is Nick Hinds, funds Manager of Fidelity investment International. The world largest fund management company with over 1.2 trillion Pounds capital investment funds.Nevertheless, as Fidelity portfolio Manager, I handle all our Investors direct capital funds and secretly extract 3.2% excess Maximum returns capital profit (EMRCP) per annum on every of the investors Magellan capital fund. As an expert, I have made over 44.4 M USD from The investors EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who Will stand as an investor to receive the funds as an annual Investment proceeds from Fidelity Magellan capital funds.

All Confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your response. Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities Whereby the FUND can be claimed in any of our 6 houses without any Hitch. Our sharing ratio will be 60-40.if you are interested forward me your Full Name, Address, and your direct phone number for discussion of this transaction in further details.

Your's faithfully,

Mr. Nick Hinds
Fund Manager

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