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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Nobuyuki Hirano <urfa.halfetitsm@saglik.gov.tr>
Reply-To: <mr.nobuyuki.hirano.ufj@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:33:36 +0100
Subject: Please Accept My Proposal With Open Mind

Dear Friend,

I hope this proposal meets you in a good state of health.

I need your help to transfer and invest (for known reasons)some amount of money accumulated as undeclared profit made by this Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ under my management.

For more on my Biography you can google my name as I have nothing to fear.

You can read about my Biography here:


http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=9681373&ticker=8306:JP

All that is required to get the funds transferred out of here is to put your name on the Non-investment account holding the funds. This practically makes you a Non-Resident customer of my bank.

I will then guide you on how to apply for Closure of the Account and credit transfer of the funds to your designated bank account. You will get 40% of the funds for your participation.

Please let me know your interest on this subject matter

Mr.Nobuyuki Hirano
President
Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ


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