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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: kentalyoshiml@yahoo.co.jp
Reply-To: kentayoshimail@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 01:11:26 +0100
Subject: From: Mr Kenta Yoshi!

Dear Friend,

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email. I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication.

I know this will be a surprise to you, i am contacting you from Japan due to your unique name you have with our deceased client who invested a lot of money in our bank here in Japan, I will want you to send me your full names again for proper verification process, to be sure i am contacting the right person.

Looking forward to your reply. I will advised you should contact me via this email; kentayoshimail@yahoo.co.jp

Regards,

Kenta Yoshi

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