419 scam: Osamu Kaito <kaitoio@osaka-post.com> =?utf-8?b?4pyU?= Re: Business deal request from Japan

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Osamu Kaito <kaitoio@osaka-post.com>
Reply-To: kaitoio@japanimail.com
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:42:49 +0000
Subject: =?utf-8?b?4pyU?= Re: Business deal request from Japan

6 Tsuki 29, 2014

Hajimemashite ! I hope that this mail finds you well. I will greatly
appreciate your time in reading through the details of my
business-proposal. I will like to intimate you with my letter of intent of
a legal business-proposal you can handle directly from your country, which
is of a complementary benefit mutually with no peril involved. With
limited writing communication via email messaging
system, I can?t disclose fully the structured contents of this
business-proposal.

If however you think you handle it from your country confidentially and
require any further information, please feel free to contact me at the
phone number and email provided at the top of this letter, so much more; I
look forward to hear from you positively.

Respectfully,
Kaito Osamu. I

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