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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: "Suzuki Takuya Yuki" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <suzukityukii@alljapan.com>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 02:41:03 +0800
Subject: Re::

Dear Sir/Madam,
how far I am sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner, i find it pleasurable to establish contact with you
for assistance. I want to solicit your attention to receive some funds, on my behalf, because my status would not
permit me to do this alone been a banker.If interested, do getback to me via my email: suzukityukii/at/alljapan.com
and I will send you the full details about myself and the funds.
 
Regards,
Mr.Suzuki Takuya Yuki
(Head of Account Dept, Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank,
Tokyo, Japan)
 

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