by FraudInfo

Date First Reported: February 2013

Primary Name Associated: Hayabusa Asuka

Description of Potential Fraud:

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A lawyer in Ontario has notified us that they have received an email from the purported Hayabusa Asuka of Renesas Electronics Corporation with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our Fraud Fact Sheet.

Here is the initial email:

From: Hayabusa Asuka [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: February-25-13 5:05 AM
To: lawyer email
Subject: Debt collection

My name is Hayabusa Asuka, CEO of HAYABUSA ASUKA LAW OFFICE here in Japan. We would like to know if you have conflict that will prevent you from representing our client Renesas Electronics Corporation, against an entity in your jurisdiction.

This matter regards shipment and product’s standard. We have explore all avenues to resolve this issue amicably, unfortunately we have not progressed as expected.

If you require the name of the opposing party to conduct your conflict check, please respond to our inquiry and we are ready to pay your retainer fee immediately.

HAYABUSA ASUKA LAW OFFICE
NBF Hibiya Building 14F
1-1-7, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0011, Japan
Email: [email protected] [email protected]
Tel:+81-3-3539-1371
Fax:+81-3-3939-1772

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