419 scam: "frank"<frank_budman@aim.com> VERY IMPORTANT APPROACH.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- franbudman@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "frank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <franbudman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:28:45 +0200
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT APPROACH.

Dear Friend.
I am Francis Budman, a special assistance to a late senator, in the federal republic of Nigeria. My boss deposited large sum of money with a deposit and valuable keeping firm in Europe.

This fund was moved through special arrangement with the firm as deposit, and no one has the knowledge of this deposit except I and my boss. I am in the position of all the documents related to the deposit, but I cannot make any move for the claim, because of my position in the office and our government present monitoring of all civil servants.

Based on the above reasons, I am looking for a capable and trustworthy fellow who will assist me to claim the fund as the present beneficiary. Every arrangement to claim the deposit has been perfected.

So if you are interested in joining me to receive the deposit , kindly contact me for further details through this email address(franbudman@gmail.com )

Sincerely waiting

Francis Budman

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