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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: Thu, 5 May 2016 17:28:41 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR GOOD SUPPORT

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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