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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: Yamada Fujii <senudoudoma@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yama.fuji@tutanota.com
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:41:37 +0100
Subject: Re: I need your help

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Hello ,
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 mail. I contact you independently and no one is informed of
this communication.

My names are Mr. Yamada Fujii (Director) with Mizuho Bank Japan London
Office.I am getting in touch with you regarding the estate of a deceased
client with similar last name and an investment placed under our banks
management.

In 2007, Wilcox came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our
private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio
of $28.5 million United States dollars, which he wished to have us invest
on his behalf.
Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and made
attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued profit
and interest stood at this point at over $30.8 million United States
Dollars. In mid-2009, he instructed that the principal sum ($28.5M) be
liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash
payments.

We got in touch with a specialist bank (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Japan) who agreed to receive this funds for a fee and make cash available
to him. However Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Japan got in touch with
us three Months ago that this money has not been claimed. On further
enquirers we found out that he was among the 15,861 deaths during the 2011
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (East of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku,
Japan), which means he died intestate and has no next of kin, the reason I
am writing you is because you are namesakes or any other name.
What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you will
be made the beneficiary of these funds and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation Japan will contact you informing you that money has been willed
to you. On verification, which will be the details I make available to
Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Japan will be instructed
to make payments to you after all the necessary verification and
application is done. You do not have to have known him. I know this might
be a bit heavy for you but please trust me on this. For all your troubles,
I propose that we split the money in half. In the banking circle, this
happens every time. The other option is that the money will revert back to
the state.

Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime opportunity for us. I hold the
KEY to these funds, and as a Japanese National we see so much cash and
funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us to keep communication for
now strictly by the above fax and email.
Please, again, note I am a family man; I have a wife and children. I send
you this Letter not without a measure of fear as to the consequences, but I
know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and
riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I
have learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence.
If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly on this. Please get back
to me immediately via the fax or email.

I await your response.

Mr. Yamada Fujii
E-mail: yama.fuji@tutanota.com
Fax: + 44 2037 696095

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