419 scam: "From Mr.Simon Lawrence" <sopsystem01@yahoo.co.jp> Urgent Business to Handle in Mumbai India:

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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" <simonlawrence22@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:19:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent Business to Handle in Mumbai India:

Dear Friend,

I got your contact from India chambers of commerce, I need a reliable businessman whom I will present to my company as the supplier in India to enable the management contact him to confirm availability of the chemical materials and issue him an Official Purchase Order, that why I decided to contact you for a business with the company I work with is into local manufacturing of animal drugs materials, there is a chemical my Director, have to send me to India once to buy butÂ right now I have had a serious accident that has kept me in hospital for the past eight months, and our company can not send me to India again, my director want to send my colleague , and I donâ€™t want my colleague with our director to know the material price because I add some money on top and supplied to our company ,

I am contacting you since you are from India for you to stand as the sale in India, so that I will give my director you contact as the chemical supplier in India, and o give you main contact of local dealer in India so that you will buy from them and sell to the junior staff that will come on behalf of the company, the chemical current price is 250,000 India Rupees while I supply my director at the rate of $8,900 for one liter, I want you to understand that you and I will share the profit that we will make from my director,

Regard,
Simon Lawrence

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