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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Yanagisawa" <jumvea@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:09:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RE: ATTN: VICTIM-FULLNAME COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE OFFER






Japanese Used Motor Vehicle Importer &amp; Exporters Association

3F Takagi Bld. 1-15-6 Nishi-Shinbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo105-0003 JAPAN





ATTN: VICTIM-FULLNAME



First I must thank you for the interest shown to this proposal in representing our Company in your Country and also helping to collect outstanding bill via our costumers that have made enquiries and are ready to pay some of the outstanding bills.This is to say that your role in this endeavor is to serve as our agent to get through to our customers who are willing to purchase our Goods and also to help us in collecting their outstanding bills which they owe to our company, as I have said in my previous mail that you will be given a commission of 10% for any payment made to you and you will be given instruction on how to remit the balance funds to us in turn.Our reason for your employment is that our customers usually make payments with and clearing such checks here in JAPAN usually take a long while so we therefore seek partnership with responsible individual in America, Canada, Europe and some part of Asia.



Also note that you would be responsible for receiving payments from our customers in your Country. The amount you would be receiving would range from $40.000 to $1,000,000.00 as the case maybe so all you need to do is when any of our customers contacts you for payment you will negotiate with them on how much funds you can take at a time and remember that the more payments you receive for us the more your payments increase as you would be paid 10% for every funds received from our clients.



REQUIIREMENT FOR EMPLOYEES ARE:

~ Honesty, responsible and dedicated.~ Having no problem with the authorities.~ Having a functional bank account to receive payment (Company Account is an advantage).~ Have a Postal address.



Kinki Company Ltd has for the past 9 years Sell and Supplied Cars for prospective Companies worldwide, Japanese Used Motor Vehicle, these includes1. Toyota2. Honda3. MitsubishiWith this we will begin the necessary process of approving you as our agent/partner upon the receipt of your mail and your sincere abilities.On our receipt of your acknowledgement we will guide you through the steps to follow as regarding our approval and Customer contact in order for you to represent us in your province, I want you to see your self as a partner/member of Kinki Company Ltd if this offer is acceptable by you.Please do acknowledge the receipt of this mail for further correspondence.Finally, if you meet up to our Company Requirement Above, you are advised to furnish us with the following information urgently if you are still interested in this business.Full Names: ..........................................................

Postal Address: .....................................................

..............................................................................

.............................................................................

Home Phone: .......................................................

Mobile/ Cell Phone Number: ................................



Occupation:..........................................................

Nationality:...........................................................

Age:.....................................................................

Sex:......................................................................

Bank Name: ........................................................

Marital Status:.....................................................

Valid form of Identifications e.g. Intl Passport ordrivers License :.................................................

Thanks in advance





Best Regards

Mr. MinamiPersonel ManagerJUMVEA





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