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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: Hirohito Yokoi <hubert.chretien@euphonynet.be>
Reply-To: sales@anlet-jp.com
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 05:15:32 -0700
Subject: Re: Account Receivable Agent



--
Good Day,

I am Hirohito Yokoi from Japan,the current president to
science/technology based enterprise.
We are currently recruiting companies/individuals
as account receivable agents in North America.

We need your services as an account receivable agent to our customers in
your Region on a 12 months contract basis, you will be responsible for
the collection of all account receivables in your region to directly
support our sales operations and it will not in any way affect your
current job.

I understand this is not your area of expertise, because we have
reviewed
your profile and knowing your eligibility to help our company fulfill
one of
its major goal, that is the main reason I have to reach out to you.

Reply to (sales@anlet-jp.com) for more details, we look forward to
working with you.

Yours Sincerely

Hirohito Yokoi
President
sales@anlet-jp.com

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