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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: "Lee Akihiro" <brecht.theunis@globearoma.be>
Reply-To: leeakihiro1993@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 03:01:31 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED PLEASE




Good day dear,

How are you today? please permit me to inform you of my desire of going
into business relationship with you after going through your profile and
consideration when I am searching for a reliable trust worthy and God
fearing partner to work with me. I was convinced and decided to contact
you as the right person for my assistance with believe that you will never
disappoint me in any way.

My name is Miss. Lee Akihiro from north of Tokyo in Japan, my father name
is Mr. Masaki Akihiro and my mother name is Mrs.Lian Kii Akihiro. I was
born on February 25 1993 in my country Tokyo Japan, I am young and
beautiful girl, slender woman, black hair and just 21 years about to enter
22 soon. I came to Thailand with my father three years ago and my father
died on March 15 2011 Here in Bangkok after receiving the news of the
March 11 2011 an earthquake of magnitude 8.9 to 9 mega thrust northeast
coast of Japan because he was suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD).
(
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html
)

The earthquake destroyed the company of my father in Sendai Miyagi,
northeast Japan, my mother and my father family also died in the
earthquake. Now I'm doing a small job as a cleaner at a hospital here in
Bangkok since the death of my late parents just to help myself, I can not
go back to Japan because I have no family again in Japan.

My late father made a fixed deposit of ($15 Million) at a bank here in
Thailand for me as his only child, the money was deposited in (fixed
deposit) for Ten (10) years based on the documents the bank issued to my
father on the day of deposit with the agreement he made with the bank, my
father loved me very much.

I am now seeking for your assistance to help me transfer this money out
from Thailand to your country and also help me invest it in any meaningful
and lucrative business in your country while I continue my education which
is very important to me because this is my only hope in life. I am willing
to offer you 30% of the total money if you can help me out from my present
predicament.

I have every documents the bank issued to my father on the day of deposit,
please consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Immediately I
confirm your willingness, I will give you more relevant details about this
transaction with bank contact for you to contact them and confirm the
existence of this fund as well because seeing is believing.Kindly send me
your Full names and Mobile Number to my private Email:
leeakihiro1993@gmail.com

Please reply,
Thanks and God bless you,
Sincerely Yours,
Miss. Lee Akihiro

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