419 scam: "From Mr.Simon Lawrence" <sopsystem01@yahoo.co.jp> Dear Friend ,

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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!

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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.
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- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "From Mr.Simon Lawrence" <sopsystem01@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "From Mr.Simon Lawrence" <simonlawrence22@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:52:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Friend ,

>From Mr. Simon Lawrence
Address: 47 Gb 779 Bassam
09 Cote dâ€™Ivoire in West
Africa.
Â
I need a reliable businessman whom I will present to the company I work
with as the supplier in India to enable the management contact him to confirm
availability of the Chemical materials and issue him an official purchase
order, thatâ€™s why I decided to contact you for a business with the company I
work with is into local manufacturing of animals drugs, there is a chemical my
director Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan , have sent me to India once to buy
butÂ this time I had serious accident
that kept me to hospital for the past eight months, and our director can not
send me to India again, He want to send my junior colleague ,I donâ€™t want my
director and my junior colleague to know the really price of the material
because I added some money on top to supply the company I work with,
Â
I am contacting you since you are from India,
then if possible you will have time to stand as the sale in India. I will
give you the supplier contact in India where you will buy and sale to my junior colleague immediately he reaches India. Which I
will like you to welcome him from airport, because I am the person will give
him direction because my director doesnâ€™t speak English,
Â
You will buy the chemical material in India is 250,000 Rupees, per liter
and sale to my junior colleague $8,900 per liter. You and I will share profit
that we will make from my director 60/40if you are interested to handle the
business, thank you for taking time to read my English.
Â
Regard,
Simon Lawrence

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