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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Akio Utsumi" <akio.utsumi@bankoftokyo.co.jp>
Reply-To: akio_utsumi56@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:16:31 +0200 (EET)
Subject: AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE




Good Day,

My name is Akio Utsumi Senior Financial Officer (SFO), Bank of
Tokyo Mitsubishi, Japan. I am sorry to encroach into your
privacy in this manner, I find it pleasurable to offer you my
partnership in business, I want to solicit your attention to
receive money on my behalf.

The purpose of my contacting you is because my status would not permit me
to do this alone.

I would respectfully request that you keep the content of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come across
as a result of this mail. I contacted you privately and no one is informed
of this communication. I will give you the entire story behind the
Business here. I do hope you find it interesting enough to want to do a
partnership.

Sometime in 1999, a certain consultant/contractor Mr. Robert Gandesbery
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, currently
valued at $38,000,000.00 (Thirty Eight Million US Dollars) in my bank.
Upon maturity, routine notifications were sent 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. Robert Gandesbery died alongside his longtime
companion, from an airplane crash.

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

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 practice, 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.
Robert Gandesbery 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 funds.

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 has been able to come
forward for it. According to the Laws of my environment, at the expiration
of 10(TEN) 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.

The world of banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who
occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. I alone have the
deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one unless
evidence of relationship with the deceased (which I shall provide you
with) is presented. I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as
far as the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi is concerned, the bank's management
has no single idea of the history or nature of the deposit. They are
simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to the party that
comes forward. This is the situation. My bank has spent great amounts of
money trying to track this man's family, they have investigated for
months and have found no relative. The investigation has come to an end.

Consequently, what I propose is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Robert Gandesbery so that the fruits of
this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials. Acting in this capacity really is simple as I will
explain in detail to you when I get your response. Being aware of this
request I am making, I ask that if you find no interest in this project
that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and
destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and
forget I ever contacted you. You may not know this but people like me who
have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private
banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against
good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics
of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only
come ones' way once in a lifetime.

The reward for this project makes it a task well worth undertaking. I have
evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to
work with me and alerting the public.

My position as the SFO guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction. If you find yourself able to work with me, I urge you to
indicate to that effect.

In closing, please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured
that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.

Awaiting your urgent reply at my private email: akio_utsumi56@yahoo.co.jp

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Akio Utsumi
Senior Financial Officer (SFO),
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Japan.


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