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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: "frank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <franbudman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 22:42:37 +0200
Subject: I need your good support.+

Dear Friend,
I am francis Budman, working with a deposit firm in Europe, i am in charge of store where all received items are deposited.
There is a deposit which we received from our sister company from republic of Benin , which belongs to In Van Nguyen a Vietnam.
This deposit has been with us for a period of three months without the owner coming for claim.
On the process of re scaning the deposit, i found out that it contains large sum of united states dollars,which i did not disclose the contents officially.

On my personal investigation with the attached documents through vietnam obituary office , i discovered that Van Nguyen has died and left no one as next of kin. I have informed the company that Van next of kin has been located for claiming of his deposit.
So i am contacting you to stand as next of kin for Van Nguyen , so we can move out the deposit to you. If you are interested , kindly inform me through this email address , (franbudman@gmail.com)for more details.
Thanks
Francis Budman

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