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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: Yoshimichi Yamashita <firstbankfinancing@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:06:34 +0100
Subject: FROM MR. YAMASHITA JAPAN

Dear friend,

Please do not discard my mail, matches are won by teams with the
greatest desire. A customer of our bank whose names are Ronald Lamb died
April 16th 2016, he operated a fixed deposit account in our bank and has up
to $635,115.82 in it.I am his personal account officer managing this
account. The reason I am solemnly contacting you is to corporate with me
and stand as his next of kin.I tried contacting his sister Karen Wolf who
lives in Texas and who he used as his next of kin but to no avail.

The our management has announced if no claim is made withing next 2 months
that the deceased money will be converted into the bank cash asset since
the deceased is not a nationality of Japan.

I assure you that we will not run into any trouble,this will be handled
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach
of the law.According to Napoleon Hill,!THE RICHEST MAN DOES NOT HAVE EXTRA
TIME and THE RIGHT TIME TO DO SOMETHING FRUITFUL IS RIGHT NOW.

Trust in me,I will do you no harm. We shall share 60%-40%. JOHN MAXWELL
SAID! YOU CAN BE TALENTED AND BE FRUSTRATED IF YOU ARE NOT MOTIVATED. While
JOHN MASON QUOTED! IF YOU DON'T RAISE YOUR HEAD UP OPPORTUNITY WILL NOT SEE
YOU.

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WAY TO BE A FAILURE IN LIFE IS TO POSTPONE (Napoleon
Hill) and A Dream without action is a wish (Marlor Smith). Please work with
me. Champions are not made in the gym but crown on the ring (Mohammed Alli)

Hoping to hear from you.

Thanks,

Yoshimichi Yamashita.
Account officer at Yamanashi Chuo Bank address:2-21-6,
NARIMASU,ITABASHI-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN.

My home address: 1-35-3-417, NARIMASU, ITABASHI-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tel & FAX: 81-3-3977-9506.
Occupation:Accountant/Administrative Solicitor.
Nationality: JAPAN. Gender: Male.

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