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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: "Yoshiko" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yosh644@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:01:07 -0000
Subject: RE: Please Reply

Hello,

My Name Is Mrs. Y. Ishii Taro, I am from Japan my father was into
real-estate lease business before he died in 2004. I am contacting
you in a view of the fact that we will be of great assistance to
each other like wise developing a cordial relationship. My self along
with my sister try hiding millions of dollars worth of cash in our
garage to evade about $27.8 million in inheritance taxes in Japan.
I have 2,061,681,295.50 JPY Japan Yen Equivalent to $25,448,300.00 USD
United States Dollars, which i intended to use for investment purpose
overseas.

This money i saved in a private erected security company safe. It
is my lawyer and my self that know where the money is kept. Due to
the current situation in my country concerning government attitude
towards my family, it has become quite impossible for us to make use
of this money within, thus, we seek your assistance to transfer this
money out of Japan. Bearing in mind that your assistance is needed
to transfer this fund, we propose a commission of 21% Twenty One
Percent of the total sum to you for the expected service and assistance,
If you are interested please reply immediately with your full name and
phone number to my private email: yosh644@yahoo.com.hk

Regards
Mrs. Y. Ishii Taro

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