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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: " Diana L. Hashman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <diana_hashman@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 07:39:34 -0700
Subject: MY TESTIMONY !!!

Hello Dear,
 
I am Diana L. Hashman, a citizen of the United States of America. I was one of those who participated in the compensation program in Nigeria which was not successful at that time. I paid money to London, Malaysia, Benin Republic and Nigeria to no avail. I lost over US$198,000, was rejected by my family except my son who stood by me all through. I was devastated and admitted at the psychiatric hospital for months.
 
One day I decided to travel to WASHINGTON D.C  with all documents related to my payment, the FBI at WASHINGTON D.C  told me to contact Mr. Garcia Rodriguez an Auditor that works with the New Government in Nigeria. I made contact with him by phone and email, he asked me to send him all documents related to my payment which i did and waited.
 
Three weeks later he called me and told me to send US$395 for the ownership paper works, I was sceptical at first and made contact with the FBI office at WASHINGTON D.C and they asked me to go ahead and send it to him; this i did. In less than 72 hours my full compensation payment including the US$395 i sent to him were all transferred into my account.
 
Now I am a happy woman and God bless my son, Mr. Garcia Rodriguez is godsent hence I am advicing you to contact him. His details are:
 
Email: g.rodriguez147000@gmail.com
Mobile: +234-9053501057
 
Please contact him and send your telephone number and your residential address to him so that he can release your own money to you.
 
Thank you & God bless you.

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