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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: YAHAMITO <yahamitofinancialcorporation92@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: yahamitohk@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:57:26 +0100
Subject: Re: Greetings

Mr. M. Yasuhiro
YAHAMITO FINANCIAL CORPORATION
1-12-1 Dougenzaka Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-0043.Japan
Email: yahamitohk@gmail.com


Greetings,
We are a fund management company and also estate brokers based here in the Tokyo , Japan .
We have been in operation for over Ten years.
In order to expand our field of operation we are interested in a joint partnership with you
and we are also interested in investing in properties,
stocks, shares and joint partnership with blue chip firms Worldwide.
We are prepared to invest up to the tune of US$150M
We also welcome good investment tips and business opportunity that can yield a good yearly
turnover a reasonable commission has been earmarked for this form of assistance.
Our principal function is to finance any viable international or domestic project.
Most important note that you do not have to be an expert in the field,
we welcome anyone with a bright idea.
We also have companies that we are working with right now that wish to expand their client base
and are looking for overseas partners;
we can build a bridge to set a business partnership within this context.
We will entertain only serious offers for further enquiries kindly get across to me by email on
(yahamitofinancialcorporation@hotmail.com) or return email.
Thank you for your anticipated response.
Best regards

Mr. Yasuhiro

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