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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: "Tokuaki Kojima" (may be fake)
Reply-To: tokuaki.kojima040@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:39:07 +0100
Subject: Aquisition Aid...

Dear Counsel,


We are electronics company and we have been involved in the production and sales of professional audio equipment.


There is a company in your state that we would like to merge with to increase revenue, market share, and cross-selling opportunities also We would like to retain you to help us in the process to review proposed transactions for acquisitions or purchase of businesses and creation of contracts for acquisition (merger), if you are interested please advise us on your initial retainer fee and we shall forward you the company information and letter of intent.


Yours Sincerely
Tokuaki Kojima
KOJIMAGUMI Co., Ltd.
1-6 Kiba-cho, Minato-ku Nagoya 455-0021, Japan
Phone: +81 52 691 7070
http://www.kk-kojimagumi.co.jp
Email: tokuaki.kojima020@outlook.com

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