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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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Fraud email example:

From: Saabi Budhi <saabi.budhi@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:41:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Miss Saabi Budhi


 From Miss Saabi Budhi
Good day dear,Permit me to inform you of my desire.  I am quite aware that my message will come to you as a surprise because it is indeed very strange for someone you have not met before to contact you in this regard.
I am Miss Saabi Budhi from Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). I am 20 years old girl orphan. The only daughter of late Mr. Gurung Budhi from Indonesia, we are native of BANDUNG in INDONESIA. But my father married my mother here in Ivory Coast and I was born and brought up here in IVORY COAST. My father was the Quality Control Supervisor at Tullow Oil PLC in Ivory Coast. He was killed by the rebels during the political crisis in Ivory Coast.
Before the death of my beloved father. He has a sum of Twelve Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD$ 12. 200,000.00) deposited in prime bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of kin. The fund is still in the bank. Since after the death of my father, i tried to locate our families in Indonesia but i could not find them.
Now I have decided to seek for an honest individual or company whom I will transfer this funds to his/her account, so that i will go over there and continue on with my life. Please accept me in your heart as my guidian, father, mother, husband and brother and rescue my inheritance from the bank. I believe you are reliable and honest. I can trust and count on you in this regard. 
Meanwhile, i am willing to offer you 20% of the money for your help. While the remaining 80% will be invested by you according to the direction of your business experience. I will reward you heavily for your assistance. 
My best and Lovely Regards to you and all your family as you contact me for more details
I need your help
ThanksMiss Saabi Budhi

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