419 scam: "Mr. Paul T. Simelane " <eastppopocmmin@gmail.com> Dear Greetings to you!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
- mrpaultsimelane@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Paul T. Simelane " <eastppopocmmin@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrpaultsimelane@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:29:31 -0700
Subject: Dear Greetings to you!

Dear Greetings to you!
Please receive this post with due respect, I need your good assistance.
I will like to introduce you to a business that can give us profits in a
short term without fail. My name is Mr. Paul T. Simelane from South
Africa,I work in the production department in a Veterinary Company. Our
company is into production of Animal Anti-Viral Vaccines and Animal
Pharmaceutical Products such as Animal drugs,injections,flu vaccine used in
Africa's,Sub-Sahara Africa's,Asia/North America.

There is an Anti-Viral CHEMICAL that our company needs urgently for the
production of Animal Vaccines and drugs.Due to the scarcity and shortage of
this CHEMICAL in our laboratory,Our company is in desperate need of this
Chemical,the Chemical is a private invention and is only manufactured in
country by a local dealer.I will give you the contact of the local dealer
in your country once you agreed to work with me so that you can buy from
them and sell to my boss at a very high price.

The local dealer is selling the chemical at the rate of $25,000.00 dollars
per a liter and my boss will buy at the rate of $75,000 dollars per liter
or more this is a complete business between me and you if we go through the
right way to get the Chemical kit will cost us $130,000 per a liter that
is why we are going through the local dealer because they have they way to
bring it out what you will be giving me from the profit you make from this
business is $10,000.00 for each liter you sell to my boss at the rate of
$65,000.00, this is pure business as buying and selling,If you are
interested I will forward the full contact of my boss to you so that you
can contact him for more discussion regarding the business which i will
educate you on how to present things to him .

Regards,
Mr. Paul T. Simelane
Email: mrpaultsimelane@hotmail.com

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