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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: Diane Saba <achiamand1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dian1saba@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:31:17 +0100
Subject: Mrs. Diane Saba

Dearest beloved friend.

I know that this letter may be a very big surprise to you.

I am Mrs. Diane Saba , I am 58 years old, I am suffering from a long
time cancer of the Blood. From all indication my condition is really
deteriorating, and my doctors have courageously advised me that I may
not live beyond the next two months, this is because the cancer stage
has reached a critical stage. I was brought up in a motherless baby's
home, and was married to my late husband for eighteen years without a
child.

My husband and I are true Christians, but quite unfortunately, he died
in a fatal motor accident, Since his death I decided not to re-marry,
I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of
$8.5million dollars with a Bank.

Presently, this money is still in their custody, and the management
just wrote me as the Legitimate beneficiary to come forward to receive
the money after keeping it for so long or rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not
come over as a result of my illness, or they get it confiscated.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment.
I have since lost my ability to do anything by myself and my doctors
have told me that I have only a few months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested in any
organisation of your choice and distributed each year among the
charity organization, the poor and the motherless baby's home where I
come from. I want your good humanitarian, to also use this money to
fund churches, orphanages and widows around. I must let you know that
this was a very hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards
this issue because I have no further option. I hope you will help see
my last wishes come true.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Bank. I will also issue you a letter of authority which will prove
that you are the new beneficiary of my funds, and the documents
concerning the deposit.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Hope to hear from you Soonest.

Mrs. Diane Saba

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