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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: "Dr. Yasunobu Otsuga" <kenn@islandcenter.jp>
Reply-To: dr.otsuga@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:54:41 -0700
Subject: ABOUT PARTNERSHIP WITH DAITO PHARMA.


Hello =

Daito Pharma Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based manufacturing pharmaceutical comp=
any engaged in the pharmaceutical ingredients and formulation business . Ar=
e you interested in working with us to be our company representative in you=
r country, The Republic of South Africa, for a period of five years contrac=
t? Please Kindly let us know if you are interested while I direct you to m=
y working company email address =

Apologies for using my personal email address for these proposals. However=
, The reason was to get an immediate notification from you once you respond=
ed. =

Best regards,
Dr. Yasunobu Otsuga President & CEO Daito Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 326 Yoka=
machi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture 939-8567

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