419 scam: "Lawson George." <mitsue@vill.mitsue.nara.jp> RE: Funds Investment and Management:

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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.
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.
- flconsults@online24.co.uk (Online24, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lawson George." <mitsue@vill.mitsue.nara.jp>
Reply-To: gtl.ltd@yandex.com
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 04:31:55 -0700
Subject: RE: Funds Investment and Management:

Good-day,

We are a group of investors and we are looking to invest funds in a long-term business venture in your country. Additionally, we would like you to manage the investment on our behalf.

If agreed you would be requested to:

a) Receive the Investment funds from us.
b) Invest and Manage the funds in a profitable business for the duration of 3-10 yrs depending, of course, on the opportunity.
c) Re-distribute the funds and profits back to us at the maturity of the investment.

We are willing to negotiate a percentage of the profits generated as your compensation for getting involved. Please let us know if you are
in a position to participate. The amount we are willing to commit to is quite substantial and we would appreciate a timely response.

For ease of communication, if you could provide your direct phone number it would also be appreciated.:You can as well reply via , flconsults@online24.co.uk

We await your response.

Sincerely Yours,

Lawson George.

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