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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: Cecelia <cb5484@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ceceliagomis@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:14:38 +0000
Subject: Hello


Hello,

My greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am Mrs. Cecelia
Gomis from Bahrain; I am married to Engr.Menana Gomis who worked at Ivorien
oil Refinery Company in Cote d'Ivoire, before he retired in the year 2009.
He died in the year 2011, after a brief illness, I know you will be
surprised to read my email because I got your contact from your Email
domain, apart from being surprised you may be skeptical to reply me due to
what is happening on the internet world today. I know it is very difficult
for people to believe anything that comes through the internet but this is
a different case. If you are willing to show me your honesty and trust, I
think I will be able to trust and work with you.

Before his death we were both devoted Christians, We were married for 26
years without a child. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum
of €9,750,000.00 Nine million Seven Hundred and Fifty thousand Euros in one
of the finance firm in Europe for safe keeping. Presently, my Doctor
confirmed to me that I have a terminal sickness which is cancer of the
lung. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke illness which had defied
every medical solution, which i had been trying to cope with. Having known
my condition, I decided to donate this fund to a church or an individual
that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want a church that will use this fund for orphanages, helping the widows,
propagating the word. of God and to Endeavour that the gospel is preached
to all nations to the best of human ability. The Bible made us to
understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision
because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and my husband
relatives are not Christians and I do not want my husband's efforts to be
used by unbelievers. I do not want a situation where this money will be
used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision.

I do not need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
health, hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I do
not want them to know about this development. With God all things are
possible. As soon as I receive your reply I will give you the contact of
the financial institution in Europe, Now i want you and the church to
always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I
lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the Lord
must serve him in spirit and in Truth.

Please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply
will give me room in sourcing another church or individual for this same
purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.
And again, due to the present condition of my health, I was warned by my
doctor to avoid receiving or making any call.

I have all the information of the deposit with me. As soon as I hear from
you if satisfied, i will issue a letter of authority to the finance company
authorizing them that the fund have been willed to you and a copy of such
authorization will be forwarded to you.

Remain blessed in the Lord.
Yours in Christ,

Mrs Cecelia Gomis

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