419 scam: LEGISLATOR SOPHANN IM <ICEPUNITS.LEGISLATORSOPHANNIM@legislator.com> LET ME HEAR FROM YOU URGENTLY!!!

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: LEGISLATOR SOPHANN IM <ICEPUNITS.LEGISLATORSOPHANNIM@legislator.com>
Reply-To: ICEPSERVICES.DRSOPHANNIM@legislator.com
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:57:23 +0100
Subject: LET ME HEAR FROM YOU URGENTLY!!!

Compliment,
Could you please respond to me in a timely manner because there is a
business I would like to discuss with you, and then know your
readiness to encourage me to pass the information to you? More over,
your immediate reply will convince me immensely to disclose my
''IDENTITY'' to you and detail you everything plainly. Based on the
nature of my work and my position, I may not open-up at this first
time until I receive positive responds from you. After I might have
received a courageous response from you, I will attach my
''NATIONALITY ID'' coupled with my family pictures and send to you.
Then we will book a time to discuss online live on web cam; this will
solidify our trust. It will also help us to ‘‘INCULCATE TRUTHFULNESS
AND SINCERITY'' within ourselves.

Briefly, I'm a ''Top Legislative Governmental Official'' here in
''SWITZERLAND''; Working under the umbrella of ''INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE
OF EMINENT PERSON'' (ICEP).
Transparency and sensitive nature of my position has been a
''KEY-POINTS and REASON'' why I'm much more eager and keen to receive
your trust and strong assurance first; that you will keep all the
information I will pass to you ''HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL''.

Regards,

Legislator Sophann Im.

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