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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: water ali <water_ali@lawyer.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 08:02:13 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT RELATIONSHIP NEEDED

TOKYO CONSULTINGGROUP
Tokyo- West Africa
Date: 13th of January, 2014

Dear,Sir/Madam

Tokyo Consulting Group was established in West Africa 1998 by
Mr.Yasunari Kuno, a Japanese Certified Public Accountant and former
employee of Price Water house Coopers(PwC) Japan. Today, Tokyo Consulting
Group is among the few Japaneseinternational accounting companies to remain
successful in West Africa and abroad.Tokyo Consulting Group has over 300
employees, most of which are located in ourfour Japanese branches: Tokyo
(HQ), Yokohama, Nagoya, and Osaka.

Today we offer you USD500million in bank guarantee with an initial
USD100Milllion for investment in your country on an agreed percentage basis
and this amountoriginated from one of our high net-worth clients with
terminal healthproblems.

Call +225 04 83 11 38 in West Africa or email:
water_ali@lawyer.comfor in-depth detail on this investment offer.

Sincerely

Mr. water ali
Chief Consultant
Tokyo Consulting Group Limited
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