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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: " MRS.AYIA BUDANOV" <budanov.ayia@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: <budanovayia@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:49:19 -0000
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello Dear,


I want to have partnership with your company. My name is MRS.AYIA BUDANOV from Kazan in RUSSIA, Wife of (LATE MR. DIMITRI ULI BUDANOV). Before the death of my husband, he was a real-estate Broker and coffee merchant.

I want to be honest and sincere to you, I got this mail from your site while making research to find a reliable partner for this project. I know it's difficult to trust someone this time because of the bad and dubious activities of scammers going all around the world today. My dream is to go to a country where my late husband's relatives will not see me, so that I will use this money to start new life, free life with a man that will give me happiness and joy. I want to be free because I have suffered so much in the hands of my wicked brothers in-law, since after my husband's funeral.

For your better understanding, my husband was poisoned to death by some of his colleagues on a business outing. Since after his death, I have no peace of mind because of the pressure from his family relatives (brothers in particular) as they’re seriously on my neck to release to them my late husband’s properties. The family problem according to them is because I didn’t have child for their late brother. Because of my relationship with my husband, he told me before his death about this money (10.500.000 Euros) he has in a bank in Côte d'Ivoire, which he deposited for project purpose, mainly to extend his coffee company branches in Côte d'Ivoire before his death. None of his family relatives is aware of this deposit and they will never know about it because they are very selfish and wicked.

Because my late husband’s family relatives started taking all his properties from me, one of my close family friend advised me that since I have the information of this money deposited in the bank in Cote d’Ivoire by my late husband and his brothers don’t know about it, then I should look for good company outside of our country (Russia) where there are good business opportunities that will be honest to help me out of this place so that I can make a better life with this money instead making problem with the family relatives because they can kill me. So this is why I left Russia to Cote d’Ivoire in a discrete manner because I will not go back to Russia again after the transfer of the fund to your own company’s bank account for joint venture.

It is true that there are bad people who use the advantage of other people’s predicaments to do dubious things but still there are good once and that is why as soon as I get your response to partner with me, I will send to you my identity for you to know who you are helping, contact of the Bank that is holding the fund so that you can communicate directly with the bank for the transfer of the fund into your own company’s account.

I am therefore seeking your assistance to help me transfer this money to your country or any other country of your choice for investment and partnership, even with your company. You will have 40 percent of the total sum as your own, for your help and also, I will like to have partnership with your company with my own share of 60 percent. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS PLAN? Let me ask you, Can you help me to get residence permit in your country? Can I be a partner to your company? Can you lead to good investment? I need answers to these questions, please.

Thank you so much for your time taken to go through my email and have it mind that it is true and not just ordinary story. Also, this transaction is 100% risk free and the fund is genunie and real, not government fund or money laundry. This is for your kind information and security guaranty.

As soon as I get your answers to these questions, I will give you the name and contact information of the bank where the money is now, so that you can communicate directly with the bank officers in charge to enable us proceed right away in order to conclude in time, okay. Without prejudice, i want to sincerely let you know that my intension of contacting you is GOOD not bad. So my dear i want you to be relaxed to help me out, with the understanding that you will as well benefit at the end.

Extend my greetings to all the members of your family and hope to meet you face to face soon after you have received this fund in your account.


Yours sincerely,

AYIA.

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