419 scam: "Yasunori Adachi"<webmaster@ARTISTMONSTER.COM> Greetings.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "yasuadachi@aol.jp" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Yasunori Adachi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yasuadachi@naver.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:28:48 -0800
Subject: Greetings.

Good Day,

I am sorry reaching you through email, I have tried reaching you on the phone severally but to no avail until this morning when someone picked and informed me that it was a wrong telephone number so I decided to reach you by email immediately.I am Yasunori Adachi,Business Relations Manager with the Bank of China (UK) Limited.

I am contacting you regarding the estate of a deceased client with similar last name and an investment
placed under our Bank management totaling US$12.5 Million.The deceased and his Wife,who happens to be his Next of kin,were involved in an accident in Mainland China, which means he died intestate. He has no next of kin and the reason I am writing you is because you share the same last name.

What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you will be made the Next of Kin/beneficiary of these funds.My Bank will contact you informing you that money has been willed to you.Upon verification of the details I make available to my Bank,the funds will be released to You after all necessary verification of the Legal Documents which I will make available to You.

For Your co-operation,Your will keep 40% of the funds as Your share while 60% shall be for me and my Partner.Please accept my apologies, keep my confidence and disregard this letter if you do not appreciate this proposition I have offered you.

Regards,
Yasunori Adachi
E-Mail : yasadachi@naver.com
yasuadachi@aol.jp

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