419 scam: "Ken Chamberlain Unitt"<kcunitt@gmail.com> Business Proposition

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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:
- "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ken Chamberlain Unitt" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kcunitt@rediffmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:19:54 -0700
Subject: Business Proposition

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive, I am however assuring you that this is nothing to worry about. I decided to contact you by e-mail due to the urgency and confidentiality of this transaction.
I am Ken Chamberlain Unitt, an investment/fund manager with Hemscott Group Limited. As an investment manager, I handle investors Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 3.2% EMRCP per annul on each of
investor's Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over £21m from the investor's EMCRP and hereby looking for someone to trust who can stand as an investor to receive the
funds as an Annual Investment. All documents to back up this claim will be made available to you. Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities where the
funds can be claimed in any of our clearing houses/banks in UK, Spain or Canada without any hitch. Email me your full name, contact address and
direct telephone number for further discussion of this deal.
Sincerely,
Unitt

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