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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: "Mr. Gyeong Joon" <mr.gyeongjoon@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: joongyeong@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 09:31:50 +0500
Subject: MESSAGE FROM JAPAN




Greetings,

Pardon my means of message; hope this mail meets you in good state of
health? My English speaking is not really fluent, but my writing is a lot
better. I Am Mr Gyeong Joon from the Republic of Korea, writing from my
home in Centre Kohnan Koto Fukazawa Tokyo Japan,

I worked as the Caretaker to MR.KAZUO TAKESHI. Late TAKESHI was an
International Businessman and real estate developer here in Fukushima
Japan. MR. TAKESHI met his death during the Tsunami earthquake disaster
here in Japan, am a very close worker and trusted personal aid to most of
his dealings.

MR. KAZUO TAKESHI has a safe deposit of (US$22,600,000.00 with a Private
Vault Deposit House Abroad). Have lots of Original documents for the full
claims of the said deposit abroad and few other valuables.

All am in need is your help to assist me in filing for the investments and
contact the Vault agents lay claims to the investments. I have all
Original papers and legal deposit Certificates. We immensely stand to
benefits a lot, if you can be of any assistance.

If interested kindly do contact me on my email address:
(gyeong.joon@yahoo.com.hk). Kindly study the web site below to help you
further on my
propositions.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/10/japan-lost-money-safes-cash_n_847243.html

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Gyeong Joon
Tokyo - Japan .
This is a confidential message.

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