419 scam: "STODDARD LAWRENCE"<lstoddard@rocketmail.com> FIRST STANDARD INVESTMENT

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "STODDARD LAWRENCE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stoddard.lawrence@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:48:14 +0800
Subject: FIRST STANDARD INVESTMENT

First Standard Investment an investment companies,our group is a project development and investment organization from UK .We makes long term capital intensive investments to deliver strong financial returns and economic diversification.We focused on number of areas in which it has developed significant competitive advantage,including,telecommunication,energy,industry,healthcare,infrastructure,real estate,oil and gas,transportation,mining e.t.c.

We prioritized our goals towards financing of the above mentioned sectors through full fledged partnership or loan.Any project or business that has good accrue-able returns will be considered too and finance accordingly.

First Standard Investment brings together and manages a multi-billion dollar portfolio of local,regional and international investments, which we wish to re-invest through project financing to third party investors, project owners and general business facilitators on a 5% interest rate per annum on long term investment projects that can generate up to 10% ROI within the period.

Thanks as we are looking forth collaborating with you.

Regards
Mr. Fernandez

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