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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: Tomohiro Koizumi <hubert.chretien@euphonynet.be>
Reply-To: tomohirokoizumi@163.com
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:41:46 -0800
Subject: Re: Account Receivable Agent



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Good Day,

I am Tomohiro Koizumi from Japan,the current president to
science/technology based enterprise
We are currently recruiting companies/individuals on behalf of a company
located in japan
for a number of 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. It's part
time(Work
from Home) job that takes less than 2 hour(s) of your time daily.

I understand this is not your area of expertise, because we have
reviewed
your profile and knowing your eligibility to help your company fulfil
one of
its major goal, that is the main reason I have to reach out to you.
Reply to (tomohirokoizumi@163.com) for more details, we look forward to
working with you.
Yours Sincerely
Tomohiro Koizumi
Representative Director
Japan Machinery Company
tomohirokoizumi@163.com

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