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

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- "dear friend" (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" <simonlawrence15@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 22:50:55 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I need a reliable businessman whom I will present to the farm industry director I work with as chemical material supplier in India, because my director bought production machines for producing animals drugs in his farm and he send me to India for first time to buy the chemical liquid material for production, which I purchase 50 liters and deliver to my director at the rate $8,900 per liter, while I purchase in Mumbai India at the rate of 250,000 rupees per liter

I want you to handle the business because my director will not send me to India again due to motor accident problem that keep me to hospital since eight months, I don$B!G(Bt want the person that my director will send to India to know the original price of the chemical material, I will share the profit you will make from my director 60% for you and 40% for me, please if you interested and will handle the business I will give you contact address in India where you will purchase the material and sell to my director ,

Please kindle confirm your acceptance by proving me your full address in India, name with telephone number, I am expecting to hear from you

Regards,
Simon Lawrence

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam