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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: "yasunori Sekine" <yasunori.sekine1@n1oes.org>
Reply-To: yasunori.sekine1@yahoo.com
Date: 09 Aug 2018 12:10:29 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,


Greetings to you and Please permit me to introduce myself. I am
Mr Yasunori Sekine, Japaness National working in shell B P IN
Brusa Trukey and a crude oil Merchant

Before I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, which has defied
all medical solutions, and according to medical experts I only
have a few more months to live.


As you read this you do not have to feel sorry for me as it is a
universal truth that we all must die someday, the only problem
with mine though being that I have

particularly not lived my life well in spite of my wealth and
possessions as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself)
but my business.


Though I was very rich I was never generous, I was never caring
about people but only dedicated my time and resources on my
business, as that was the only thing I

cared about.But now I regret all this as I now know that there is
more to life than just accumulating all the wealth in the world
as I lay helplessly on my sick bed.

If I was given a second chance to live again I make sure i would
live my life a different way from how I have lived it owing to
what has befallen me now.


As my last days alive are drawing closer and closer I have
already willed out most of my properties and assets to my
immediate and extended family members as well as a

few close friends. I also want my soul to be at peace with God
and for him to be merciful on me and accept my soul and to this
regard I have resolved to give my

remaining funds to charity organizations as I want this to stand
as one of the last deeds I indulge in on earth before I die.


Though I have already distributed money to some charity
organizations, Now that my health has deteriorated so badly I can
no longer continue with this myself and also

I do not trust my immediate family members or close friends on
this as I have once asked them to close one of my accounts and
distribute the funds there in to charity

organizations in Bulgaria,Sri-Lanka India and Pakistan they
greedily kept the money to themselves.


Hence I am contacting you with this as I have lost confidence in
them because it is obvious they are not contended with what I
have left for them.The last of my funds

which no one knows of is a cash deposit of Seven Million five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500000) stashed in one trunk box and
declared as Personal effects of high

security value which I have with a finance/Security company.


All I am asking of you is to assist me in making the collection
of this deposit and dispatching the funds to any charity of your
choice after keeping 20% of the funds

for yourself and your family.10% of these funds should be to
cover any expenses that might be incurred in the process of
making this claims.


Please contact me as soon as you get this email if you are
capable and sincere to handle this transaction on my behalf so I
can forward you with all relevant documents

necessary for the claims and the name of the security firm where
the funds are deposited. God bless you as I await words from you.


Please inform me as soon as possible if you are not interested so
I can proceed to seek for someone else to carry out this on my
behalf.


. Please your earliest response to this letter will be
appreciated and you can contact me on this secured E-
mail:yasunori.sekine1@gmail.com
Thanks,


Yasunori Sekine

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