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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: "kazama sofia" <kazsofia@gawab.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 02:27:04 GMT
Subject: hi, i need your help


Good morning, My English speaking not very good, anyway i can write better
than to speak.

Let me tell you about myself My name is Sophia Kazama, I am 29 years old,
writing from Tokyo,
Japan Shelter home care center. I am single and for years working with my
late father Mr.
Masamichi Kazama as general caretaker in our real estate investment
situated in Fukushima
Japan,earthquake tsunami disaster kill my daddy and my mother and his
investment administrating trustee
Mr Giovanni Philip from USA, destroyed and flushed away all my fathers
money in iron trunk
safe box which was deposited in Via Asia security deposit institution in
Fukushima Japan by
Mr Giovanni Philip before the earthquake tsunami disaster , lucky with me
as i travel to
Tokyo then,.

i was recently contacted by an attorney because he know me before as the
only daughter of
late Mr.Masamichi Kazama.

The attorney is a very nice man work under United nations and also
represent my late father
and his investment partner Mr Giovanni Philip from USA before the
earthquake tsunami
disaster.
He mentioned to me about late Mr Giovanni Philipp's five million six
hundred usd dollars deposited fund concealed
in iron trunk safe box which was deposited by my late father investment
partner Mr Giovanni
Philip from USA, recently now i was inform by the attorney to seek for a
foreigner who may
stand next of person to late Mr Giovanni Philip from USA and have the money
in consignment box
claim as all the lost box money has now recovered by the japan securities
waiting for the
owners and next person to come for the claim, i thought very well and i
now decide to ask
you to help me as the next person because the attorney have asked me only a
foreigner can
come for the claim because the box money was deposited by Mr Giovanni
Philip from USA a
foreigner,but i did not yet give him any answer. Can you please reply back
to me so i can
inform the attorney to explain the details clearly to you and required
procedures to fix
you as next of person to late Mr Giovanni Philip .
Here is very difficult, everybody lost all they have, businesses, huge
amount of money,
investment, properties and many more.
You can see this
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake_lost_money

I am waiting to hear from you, please reply with my alternative email is:
mslindasophia@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Sophia Kazama.


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