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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: "SHIMIZU CORPORATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <shimizucorporationjapan@citromail.hu>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:47:27 -0700
Subject: RE: BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN NIGERIA/AFRICA

Shimizu Corporation, Japan
2-16-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-8370, Japan.
www.shimz.co.jp

Re: We need you to be our company representative in your country to procure 30,000 MT of Pure Iron and also the sitting of our annex office under your control.

The above named company is a construction company based in Tokyo Japan.

We are into Civil Engineering, Building Construction and Real EstateDevelopment, Architectural Design, Civil Engineering Design, General Construction Business of heavy duties Bridges and Other. Presently my company wishes to come down to Nigeria/Africa, as we have been made to understand from the Chamber of Trade and Commerce in here that mineral resources are sold in Nigeria. We want to procure a raw material and if possible site our annex office/industry in your country due to the nearness of the raw material based on your good recommendation. Our
humble purpose of contacting you is to make sure my company does not fall into awful hands in Africa as we like to come through you, because we have not been to Nigeria before. We also want you to be my company representative concerning the sitting of our annex office/industry, which is solely going to be under your close supervision, you shall aid the process of construction and incorporation and my company shall go into bilateral relationship personally with you.

We shall come with letter of memorandum of understanding for your official endorsement. We implore you to assist our company in confirming a raw material by contacting this company (below) in Nigeria to inquire the availability and indigenous price of the raw
material.

Lantang Mining Company Limited
Office: Jos, Plateau
Contact Person - Engr. Sanni Jibril
Email Address: mrsanni.jibril@yahoo.com


The company ability was recommended from the Economic desk of the Nigeria High Commission in Tokyo Japan as a local miner who deals on this mineral in industrial quantity as advertised also by the company in the International Local Miners Brochure when they attended exhibition in Tokyo Japan 2011. Please take note of our specification
and price data.

Product required: Very pure deposits of Iron 0re International standard scale/Price Per Metric Tonne: $130 US$ Initial Quantities required: 30,000.00 Metric Tonnes.


NOTE: On your contact to Mr Sanni Jibril, with the above email address for inquiry on our behalf, you may not disclose to him that foreigners will be coming for procurement to avoid possible increase of their price above the International standard price my company's is willing to buy. Beware this was the system with our previous dealers in Afghanistan before the recent turmoil that lead to the availability fall.


The Board of Directors unanimously agreed that if we can get an indigenous confirmation of substantial quantity of the raw material and most especially fair price we shall endorse 10% commission of thetotal purchase for you as our host representative. It is important to inform you of the continuity of this transaction because we will be buying the product four-month intervals for five good years through you then we can discuss how to get landed properties for the establishment of our annex office through you in Nigeria/Africa .

Meanwhile, we shall also be coming with our interpreter to ease ourcommunication as soon as we secure our visa.

Waiting for your immediate response and the prize confirmation as
earlier requested.

Sincerely,


Kazuyuki Inoue
Representative Director
For: Shimizu Corporation, Japan
Fax: +81 -3-6408-0283
Tel: +81 -3-5338-9225

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