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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: "YUN MASATOSHI" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:51:23 -0800
Subject: YUN M MARINE INVESTMENT/ BROKERAGE GROUP.

YUN M MARINE INVESTMENT/ BROKERAGE GROUP.
Osaka,Japan

Good Day,

My Name is Engr Yun Masatoshi; I am the CEO , YUN M MARINE INVESTMENT/
BROKERAGE GROUP in Osaka, Japan. I sell Marine Equipments to clients in the
U.S.A, Canada and other Countries. I have had lot of experiences receiving large
amounts in bank transfers by swift wire transfer into an account in the United
Sates or Canada. I have been advised to accept all payments into Personal Account
Business Account or a Company account ". Which is more secure and
the IRS will never question any amount of money coming in or going out of the
account.

I need a trustworthy representative in the United States or Canada who owns or
can Operate Such account and I will offer you 8% of any of my payment that
passed through your Home Equity account, Business account. You will never
invest any money during the course of this transaction and this transaction is
100% legal. The amount of money depends on the volume of Marine Equipment Sold
which ranges from $299,999 and above depending on the payment available and
also of your account limit.

Below are the information my client requested: -

-YOUR FULL NAMES & ADDRESS
-COMPANY/ BUSINESS NAME
-HOME, OFFICE, FAX CELL PHONE NUMBER

My client said that you have to comply with the enabling insurance policy
standard and the funds will be wired from their west coast affiliates of the
United States or East Coast Transaction, I will give you more details and
attach a form for you to fill out are return as soon as I hear from you. I want
to assure you that this is a legal business, and it's 100% risk free. Below
info is needed:-

Best Regards,

Engr Yun Masatoshi
yunmasat2@barid.com

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