419 scam: "Diamond Finance LTD" <root@hitoshigoto.co.jp> CAN YOU BE OF ASSISTANCE TO OUR COMPANY!

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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:
- "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Diamond Finance LTD" <root@hitoshigoto.co.jp>
Reply-To: contact@diamondfinanceltd.com
Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 00:35:40 -0700
Subject: CAN YOU BE OF ASSISTANCE TO OUR COMPANY!

Good day,

My name is Mr. James Rodrigues from LinkedIn Recruitment and am consultanting for DIAMOND Financial Consultants Ltd. We are a Financial Company that help businesses in Asia, Africa, and the Mid-East recover outstanding payments in USA and Canada.

We need your services as an Account Receivable Agent to our customers in your Region on a 12 months contract. You will be responsible for collection of all account receivables in your region and directly support our Sales Operations. It's a part-time job which you can do from the comfort of your Home and would take less than 1 hour of your time daily and this will come with a 5% commission and $3,000 monthly salary.

Finally, i understand this might not be your area of expertise, as this job doesnt need you to be a professional but just for you to be able to Read and Write and have access to your email on a daily basis. We will appreciate it if you can work for our company to fulfil one of our major goal, which is the main reason I have to reach out to you. We are going to put you through all the process from start to finish so you have nothing to worry about.

Kindly, reply for more details and we look forward to working with you.

Regards,
Mr. James Rodrigues
DIAMOND Financial Consultants Ltd

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