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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: FROM THE DESK OF MR KATO YOSHIDA <kato@yoshida1.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:49:05 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Beneficiary Proposal!!





FROM THE DESK OF:
MR. KATO YOSHIDA
BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI
U. F .J BANK
ROPPONGI BRANCH
JAPAN.





Dear Friend,





How are you today and business in your country? I am Mr. Kato Yoshida, Bank Manager of Tokyo Mitsubishi ufj Bank, Tokyo Branch. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of this communication. I know you would be wondering why I am writing you with a request such as this but I only urge you to read on.





Sometime in 1999, a certain consultant/contractor Mr. Glen Hatleberg made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at large amount (Amount withheld for known reasons) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address in America but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Japanese Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. Glen Hatleberg died longside his wife, from an airplane crash.





Further proof of the death of Mr. Glen Hatleberg is in the following web pages for you to make confirmations and further research about his death:





http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/index.html
http://html.thenewmexicochannel.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-20000201-133854.html
http://www.alamo-girl.com/0366.htm





If you are familiar with private banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In his bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. In the field of private banking, opening an account with us means no one will know of its existence, accounts are rarely held under a name; depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous. This bank also gives the choice to depositors of having their mail sent to them or held at the bank itself, ensuring that there are no traces of the account. Private banking clients apart from not nominating any next of kin also usually in most cases leave WILLS in our care, in this case; Mr. Glen Hatleberg died intestate.





In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away, my bank conducted a search in good faith to determine who should have right to claim the estate. This has for the past months been unfruitful. This sum has since been sitting in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one, it is evident is going to come forward for it. According to the Laws of my environment, at the expiration of 7(seven) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Japanese Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. What I wish to relate to
you will smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something. It is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational. T

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