419 scam: Robert Lawrence <robertlawrence@roc-essex.com> Attn

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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:
- "utmost confidentiality" (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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- rlawrence01@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Robert Lawrence <robertlawrence@roc-essex.com>
Reply-To: rlawrence01@aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:21:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Attn

Dear,

My heart warm greetings to you.The purpose of this letter is to introduce myself to you.I am Mr Robert Lawrence, one of the investment managers of Fidelity Investment International. The World Largest Fund Management Company with over 1.2 Trillion Capital Investment Fund and over 900 thousand investors all over the world. Nevertheless, as The Fidelity Fund Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds (financial funds).

As a routine, every investor gets the percentage profit or dividend from the total cash he or she invested into the company annually.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 and created a separate account where the total sum of the extraction was kept as an expert, the account has a value of £28,745,000.00.

Now, I am looking for someone who I can trust to stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Marginal Capital Fund. All confirmable and legal documents to back up the claims will be made available to you as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.

Please take out a moment of your very busy Schedule today to respond back if you are interested. please send your email response and direct telephone numbers via my email to me through my email for an initial confidential communication; (rlawrence01@aol.com). so that I will give you further explanation on source of funds and details of funds transfer, I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction.

Awaiting your kind reply soon.

Best Regards,

Robert Lawrence.

Fidelity Investments International,
Oakhill House, 130 Tonbridge Rd,
Hildenborough Tonbridge,
Kent TN11 9DZ,
London.

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